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Civil Litigation

Apr. 26, 2018

Toyota attorneys report 501 settlements of acceleration defect lawsuits

Attorneys for Toyota Motor Corp. told a federal judge Wednesday that they’ve settled 501 lawsuits related to a defect that caused vehicles to accelerate unintentionally, part of the final stages of a seven-year saga that’s cost the company billions of dollars.

SANTA ANA -- Attorneys for Toyota Motor Corp. told a federal judge Wednesday they've settled 501 lawsuits related to a defect that caused vehicles to accelerate unintentionally, part of the final stages of a seven-year saga that's cost the company billions of dollars.

John P. Hooper and Eric Gladbach of King & Spalding LLP in New York as well as Neil M. Kliebenstein of Bowman and Brooke LLP in San Jose presented a joint status r...

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