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Litigation

Aug. 20, 2013

Judge: Toyota CEO can face questions

A judge on Monday ordered Toyota Motor Corp.'s North American CEO to face questions about his company's brake override system during the first unintended acceleration case to go to trial in California state court.


By Omar Shamout


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Toyota Motor Corp.'s North American CEO can be subpoenaed to face questions about his company's brake override system during the first unintended acceleration case to go to trial in California state court, a judge ruled Monday.


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lee Smalley Edmon dismissed the automaker's objections that James E. Lentz possesses no "unique" or ...

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