Personal Injury & Torts
Dec. 28, 2010
$10 Million Deal Shakes Up Toyota Suits
Tides are shifting in the litigation that has embroiled Toyota Motor Corp. related to unintended acceleration following revelations of the $10 million settlement the automaker signed with plaintiffs.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Toyota Motor Corp.'s decision to pay $10 million to settle its first sudden-acceleration case further opens a rift between the automaker and its dealerships over who should be on the hook in this litigation and for how much.
On Thursday, details of a deal Toyota struck in September with the family of a highway patrol officer killed in an out-of-control Lexus sedan were released. Lar...
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