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Product Liability

Jun. 4, 2010

Toyota Playing Hardball in Court

Lawyers representing Toyota Motor Corp. have employed a tough-as-nails discovery strategy in the past that has drawn fines, sanctions and angry admonitions from judges.

By Gabe Friedman

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Lawyers representing Toyota Motor Corp. have employed a tough-as-nails discovery strategy in the past that has drawn fines, sanctions and angry admonitions from judges.

Plaintiff lawyers say Toyota has continued to play hardball. A little-noticed case in Los Angeles County Superior Court over the safety of steering relay columns in Toyota pick-ups and 4Runners already ha...

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