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Host: Car Concerns - harry@carconcerns.com Episode: EPISODE625 - Car Concerns With Harry Douglas On Car Concerns This Monday Morning The Toyota Whistle-Blower Case: A former Toyota attorney's lawsuit claiming the company withheld and destroyed evidence regarding rollover accidents has prompted a Texas vehicle safety attorney to prepare to refile 15 lawsuits against the automaker on Tuesday. Dimitrios Biller worked as an attorney for Toyota Motor Corp. for four years until 2007, including representing the automaker in accident litigation. In a suit he filed this summer in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Biller said Toyota did not heed his urgings to disclose all evidence useful for rollover suits or for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regulations. Toyota eventually forced him to resign, Biller said, adding that he suffered a mental breakdown. Toyota has requested Judge George King to seal Biller's case so the public cannot view its documents, and the judge has said he will rule on the request later this month. Harry recently recievied an Email from a Car Concerns listener who was looking for answers as to way the Detriot Automakers struggle to survive in their Homeland Market, The USA! Harry's answer: Look, we continue to send the same folks to the U.S. Congress and Senate to represent our interest. These are the same ones who pocket money from Asian and European interest to allow unfair access to our U.S. Auto Market. Do you call this fair-trade? Toyota ships their auto's by the ship-load to U.S. Port-Of-Enteries. The U.S. Tariff Tax they pay is a mere $400 per unit. They are allowed to ship as many as they wish or the U.S. Auto market can stand. Ford, as an example, ships a Ford Escort to market in Japan at a Mazda Sales Outlet (U.S. Manufactures are not allowed stand alone franchaises)and the Japanese Tariff to set that 2009 Ford Escort on Japanese soil is a whopping $14,000, making the retail price of this entry level 2009 Ford Escort somew ...