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Toyota to Start Settling Sudden Acceleration Cases
Toyota will begin an intensive settlement process to resolve the unintended acceleration lawsuits, a California judge said. U.S. District Judge James V. Selna issued an order halting the suits after Toyota and the plaintiffs' lawyers asked for time to try settling the cases. The judge was originally scheduled to hear the first trial in March of about 200 federal claims. Read more »
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Toyota Loses First Unintended Acceleration Case, Pays $3 Million To Victims
An Oklahoma judge found Toyota liable for a 2007 unintended acceleration accident involving a 2005 Toyota Camry, which resulted in the death of the passenger and an injured driver. The decision represents the first court loss for the Japanese carmaker...
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Toyota Prius And Lexus Hs 250h Class-action Lawsuit Dismissed By California Court
If there’s one thing Toyota has in abundance in the U.S., apart from sales and models, it is lawsuits. This time, though, the Japanese automaker scored a victory as U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney in California denied a class-action lawsuit...
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California Judge Says Toyota Can’t Force Arbitration In Most Sudden Acceleration Lawsuits
The case of the sudden accelerating Toyotas has entered a new phase as U.S. District Judge James V. Selna in Santa Ana, California, today said that the Japanese carmaker cannot force named plaintiffs seeking group status for a lawsuit to arbitrate rather...
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Court Dismisses First Sudden Acceleration Case Against Toyota Over Technicality
The sudden acceleration issue is still troubling Toyota, which has already paid $50 million in fines and recalled almost 8 million vehicles in the US alone in 2009 and 2010. The Japanese carmaker still has to face the lawsuits brought about by citizens...
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Source Code: Toyota Fights To Limit Ecu Code Viewing In Legal Battle
Could Toyota's source code hold the answer to its sudden acceleration problems? Possibly, and it's currently working with attorneys to smooth out how this code will be analyzed in its ongoing unintended acceleration legal woes. For those of...
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