In the sudden-acceleration cases against Toyota Motor Corp., there are confidential documents and highly confidential documents. And then there are what the judges overseeing most of the cases called the company’s "crown jewels" the source software code behind the electronics of its vehicles, which almost no one has seen.
Toyota, facing hundreds of cases alleging defects that caused its vehicles to suddenly accelerate out of control, has kept a tight lid on discovery during three years of litigation, primarily through protective orders requiring that certain documents be redacted, sealed or approved by its headquarters in Japan before anyone can view them.
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