Litigation
Feb. 24, 2012
Toyota moves to arbitrate acceleration cases
In a test of the health of the consumer class action, a federal judge in Santa Ana will hear arguments Monday on whether Toyota can break the class action seeking economic damages over unintended acceleration into many smaller arbitrations.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Lawyers defending Toyota Motor Corp. against a class action alleging its vehicles are prone to sudden unintended acceleration have launched a new defensive tactic - to force a majority of individual cases into arbitration.
U.S. District Judge James Selna has cued up a hearing for Monday to discuss Toyota's motion, which some experts called a hard-sell but not far-fetched. The judge will likely de...
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