Toyota to Begin Settlement Talks Over Acceleration Suits
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Toyota Motor Corp. and lawyers pursuing claims alleging the company’s vehicles suddenly accelerated, causing death or injury, will begin an “intensive settlement process” to resolve the lawsuits, a judge said.
U.S. District Judge James V. Selna in Santa Ana, California, yesterday issued an order halting the suits after Toyota and the plaintiffs’ lawyers asked for time to try settling the cases. Selna was scheduled to hear the first trial in March of about 200 federal claims consolidated before him.