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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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