The lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court also names the car dealership, Bob Baker Lexus in El Cajon, that provided Saylor the 2009 Lexus ES350 sedan as a loaner the morning of Aug. 28. Relatives of a family killed in a high-speed crash that galvanized attention around safety flaws of Toyotas and led to the recalls of millions of cars have sued the world's largest automaker for product liability and negligence, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Last week, company president Akio Toyoda apologized to Congress, millions of Toyota owners and to the Saylor family specifically during a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Washington, D.C. 
 
 Fe Lastrella, the mother of Chris Lastrella and one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, testified at that hearing. She did not directly address the crash but in tearful testimony said, “I’m here to speak for my four children and for the safety of consumers throughout the world.” 
 
 John Gomez, one of the lawyers for the relatives, said testifying in front of Congress was “the first order of business” for the family and that now they wanted to move on with litigation. “And that process has begun.” 
 
 Two weeks after the crash, an investigation by the San Diego Sheriff’s Department concluded that a floor mat may have held the accelerator in the open position.
– Relatives of the California Highway Patrol officer whose death sparked the first wave of Toyota recalls are taking the automaker to court. Mark Saylor was killed along with his wife, daughter, and brother-in-law when his Lexus ES350 was involved in a high-speed crash on a freeway last summer. The relatives blame Toyota for producing a fatally flawed vehicle and are suing for product liability and negligence, AP reports. Investigators determined that the crash was caused by a wrong-sized floor mat that trapped the accelerator, causing Saylor—a veteran officer and highly experienced driver—to lose control of the vehicle. Millions of Toyota vehicles were recalled soon afterward. A lawyer for the relatives says they are seeking more than just damages from Toyota, including "responsibility and change,” he told the San Diego Union-Tribune. “And that process has begun.”