Toyota Loses Bid to Get Acceleration-Injury Suit Tossed
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Toyota Motor Corp. asked a judge to reverse a tentative order allowing what would be the first lawsuit to go to trial over claims one of its vehicles suddenly accelerated, causing an accident resulted in an injury.
U.S. District Judge James V. Selna in Santa Ana, California, yesterday issued a tentative ruling denying Toyota’s request for a summary judgment in the lawsuit brought by the estate of Ida St. John, finding sufficient evidence for the case to go forward. The ruling, if made final, would mean St. John’s case will begin trial Nov. 5, the first of the federal claims consolidated before Selna to reach a jury.