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Judge Tentatively Refuses To Dismiss Toyota Lawsuits
Posted on 10 Dec 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SANTA ANA, Calif. - (AP) A federal judge who said he's inclined to let personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits against Toyota Motor Corp. move forward heard arguments Thursday from Toyota attorneys hoping to dissuade him. U.S. District Judge James... Read More

Tags: personal injury , wrongful death , Toyota , Litigation , lawsuit , Judge James V. Selna

Hagens Berman: Judge Agrees Consumers Deserve To Pursue Lawsuit Against Toyota
Posted on 1 Dec 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A federal judge has rejected Toyota's efforts to dismiss a class action lawsuit that seeks damages related to unintended acceleration by Toyota vehicles, the law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP announced Dec. 1 ( In Re: Toyota... Read More

Tags: Toyota recall , Toyota , Hagens Berman , unintended acceleration , Litigation , lawsuit , complaint , Judge James V. Selna , In Re: Toyota Motor Corp. Unintended Acceleration Marketing Sales Practices and Product Liability Litigation

Massive Toyota Litigation Keeps Its Ties To Arizona Attorney With Hagens Berman
Posted on 25 May 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PHOENIX - Rob Carey, a Phoenix attorney and former chief assistant attorney general, will continue to play a key role in the massive multidistrict litigation against Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. after U.S. District Judge James V. Selna of the Central District... Read More

Tags: sudden acceleration , Toyota , Steve Berman , Rob Carey , Arizona law firms , Litigation , lawsuit , Toyota litigation , Judge James V. Selna , Hagans Berman LLP , Toyota MDL , Arizona attorneys

Beasley Allen's Miles Appointed To Lead Toyota SUA Litigation
Posted on 25 May 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - U.S. District Judge James V. Selna of the Central District of California on May 14 appointed W. Daniel "Dee" Miles III, head of the Consumer Fraud section for Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis and Miles P.C., to the Liaison... Read More

Tags: sudden acceleration , Graham Esdale , personal injury , wrongful death , Toyota , W. Daniel "Dee" Miles III , Alabama law firms , Litigation , lawsuit , Toyota litigation , Alabama attorneys , Judge James V. Selna , Toyota MDL , Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis and Miles P.C.

Steve Berman Appointed In Consolidated Toyota Litigation
Posted on 25 May 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SANTA ANA, Calif. - U.S. District Judge James V. Selna of the Central District of California on May 14 appointed class action lawyer Steve Berman, managing partner of Hagens Berman , to co-lead counsel in the massive multi-district litigation against... Read More

Tags: Hagans Berman LLP California attorneys , sudden acceleration , Toyota , California law firms , Steve Berman , Litigation , lawsuit , Toyota litigation , Judge James V. Selna , Toyota MDL

West Virginia Attorney Ben Bailey Named Part Of Counsel Team In National Toyota Lawsuit
Posted on 25 May 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. District Court Judge James V. Selna of the Central District of California has appointed West Virginia attorney Benjamin Bailey as one of nine lawyers to the Plaintiffs' Counsel Committee for Economic Loss in the national lawsuit... Read More

Tags: Eric Snyder , sudden acceleration , Benjamin Bailey , Toyota , Bailey & Glasser , West Virginia law firms , Litigation , lawsuit , Toyota litigation , Judge James V. Selna , Toyota MDL , West Virginia attorneys

Toyota MDL To Be Located In Los Angeles
Posted on 14 Apr 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LOS ANGELES — The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) announced April 9 that Toyota litigation cases should be sent to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California for consolidated pretrial proceedings. The panel... Read More

Tags: Toyota recall , Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation , JPMDL , sudden acceleration , Toyota , Judge James V. Selna , MDL

Federal Panel Grants Request To Expand, Rename Toyota Litigation
Posted on 15 Apr 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LOS ANGELES -- In selecting U.S. District Judge James V. Selna to hear more than 100 federal lawsuits filed around the country against Toyota, a federal judicial panel also granted a formal request by the Lanier Law Firm to rename the litigation and expand... Read More

Tags: Toyota recall , Toyota , Lanier Law Firm , Litigation , lawsuit , Judge James V. Selna