Toyota Must Face Trial in Sudden-Acceleration Lawsuit
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Toyota Motor Corp. must go to trial in federal court over a lawsuit blaming a Camry driver’s accident and injuries on design defects in the car that caused it to accelerate suddenly.
U.S. District Judge James Selna in Santa Ana, California, in a written ruling yesterday affirmed his Sept. 30 tentative decision not to dismiss a design defect claim and an allegation that Toyota failed to warn the Camry driver about known dangers with the car. He granted the carmaker’s request to throw out manufacturing defect and negligence claims.