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Product Liability

Jan. 7, 2011

Toyota Wins Whistleblower Case

Toyota Motor Corp. has won a resounding $2.6 million victory in arbitration against a former in-house counsel who disclosed company secrets and alleged the automaker concealed evidence in products liability litigation.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Toyota Motor Corp. won a resounding $2.6 million victory in arbitration against a former in-house counsel who disclosed company secrets and alleged the automaker illegally concealed evidence in product liability litigation.


The ruling, entered Tuesday by private arbitrator Gary L. Taylor, brings an end to Toyota's contentious legal battle with Dimitrios P. Biller, who ran the legal ...

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