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Product Liability

Apr. 10, 2010

Panel: Toyota Lawsuits to be Heard in Santa Ana

After hearing the pitches from districts all over the country, a U.S. judicial panel ruled Friday that the more than 100 federal lawsuits against troubled automaker Toyota Motor Corp. will be consolidated in the Central District of Californ

By Rebecca U. Cho

Daily Journal Staff Writer

After hearing the pitches from all over the country, a U.S. judicial panel ruled Friday that the more than 100 federal lawsuits against troubled automaker Toyota Motor Corp. will be consolidated in the Central District of California.

Among the reasons cited by John G. Heyburn II, chairman of the multidistrict litigation panel, were that Toyota's U.S. headquarters is based in Torr...

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