FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Toyota Motor Co. must pay a family $5 million for the deaths of three sisters in a fiery crash two years ago, a circuit court jury says.
The decision came after a six-week trial before the four-man, two woman panel, which deliberated three hours Tuesday before finding the world's third largest automaker negligent in the deaths of Wendy, Denise and Pamela Moll of Broward County.
The girls' parents, Betty and Wayne Moll, had sought $165 million from Toyota for the deaths July 16, 1979, when their 1973 Toyota Corona was rammed from the rear. The gas tank exploded, burning the three sisters to death.
