Well, Toyota probably has the better PR team (and more of an interest in getting it's message out). It appears as if neither theory has ever been proven. The s

Well, Toyota probably has the better PR team (and more of an interest in getting it's message out). It appears as if neither theory has ever been proven. The slides argue that the standard of evidence in civil proceedings is simply "more likely than not" and not "beyond reasonable doubt". Reading between the lines, I think this expert witness is arguing that anybody who writes code this terrible for a safety-critical application deserves to pay through the nose, irregardless of the actual chain of events.