Toyota to Face Speed-Up Cases Under Tentative Order
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Toyota Motor Corp. will have to face lawsuits claiming deaths and personal injuries caused by unintended sudden acceleration of its vehicles if a tentative ruling by a federal judge in California becomes final.
Lawyers for injured customers and families of those killed in accidents provided sufficient evidence to allow their cases to go forward, U.S. District Judge James V. Selna in Santa Ana, California, said in a tentative ruling yesterday. Selna earlier denied Toyota’s motion to dismiss class-action, or group, suits claiming economic losses related to sudden acceleration.