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Product Liability

Feb. 27, 2010

Lawyers Jockey for Location

Six months after Toyota Motor Corp.'s mechanical woes became national news, plaintiffs' attorneys from California to Louisiana to Puerto Rico have filed requests with U.S. court officials to consolidate the litigation, usually in their home turfs.

By Ciaran McEvoy

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The jockeying has begun.

Six months after Toyota Motor Corp.'s mechanical woes became national news, plaintiffs' attorneys from California to Louisiana to Puerto Rico have filed requests with U.S. court officials to consolidate the litigation, usually in their home turfs.

At least 72 federal lawsuits have been filed concerning more than 8 million recalled Toyota ...

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