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Litigation

Dec. 25, 2009

Trial Lawyer Says Internal Toyota Records Are Worthless

A plaintiff lawyer has concluded that internal Toyota Motor Corp. documents provided to him by a disgruntled former company counsel do not contain evidence worthy of re-opening rollover crash cases.

By Ciaran McEvoy

Daily Journal Staff Writer

See Clarification Below.

A plaintiff lawyer has concluded internal Toyota Motor Corp. documents provided to him by a disgruntled former company counsel do not contain any new evidence worthy of re-opening rollover crash cases, and has voluntarily dismissed 17 of them against the company.

The allegations by the former in-house counsel for Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., D...

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