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Litigation

Dec. 10, 2014

Remaining Toyota litigation not likely to resolve soon

Dozens of personal injury lawsuits involving allegations of specific crashes that were caused, at least in part, by malfunctioning Toyota vehicles remain unresolved. An end to the litigation won't likely happen quickly, observers say.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Toyota Motor Corp. has already shelled out almost $3 billion to settle a federal class action and government investigation into allegations of unintended acceleration in its vehicles.


The resolutions represented an end to the bulk of claims brought against the automaker, but dozens of personal injury lawsuits involving allegations of specific crashes that were caused, at least in part, by...

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