Toyota Wins Dismissal of Prius Brakes Class-Action Claims
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Toyota Motor Corp. won a judge’s ruling blocking a class-action lawsuit by owners of Prius and Lexus models who sued over a 2010 recall to install a software update that fixed a concern with the cars’ anti-lock braking system.
U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney in Santa Ana, California, yesterday denied a request by four car owners to represent other owners of a 2010 Prius or a 2010 Lexus HS 250h in California, saying that three of the four plaintiffs as well as the substantial majority of the purported class never suffered any injury from the alleged defect.