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Product Liability

Nov. 6, 2009

For Toyota Accuser, Obsession With Integrity

Integrity - or Dimitrios P. Biller's conception of it - is central to the deterioration of his once-stellar law career. It is also at the heart of an explosive lawsuit pending in Los Angeles against Toyota Motor Sales.

By Ciaran McEvoy

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - In August 2008, a workaholic former big law firm partner with a hard-nosed reputation sat weeping in his supervisor's office in East Los Angeles. Dimitrios P. Biller was about to be fired after just nine weeks as a Los Angeles County prosecutor, accused of being rude, demeaning and overly demanding.

A sheriff's deputy had accused Biller of violating protocol by...

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