In Re: Toyota Motor Corp. Unintended Acceleration Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation
Published: Feb. 22, 2014 | Result Date: Jan. 7, 2014 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: 8:10-ml-02151-JVS-FMO Settlement – $1,500,000
Court
USDC Central
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Frank M. Pitre
(Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP)
Steve W. Berman
(Hagens, Berman, Sobol & Shapiro LLP)
Marc M. Seltzer
(Susman Godfrey LLP)
Defendant
Jimmy Y. Park
(Bowman and Brooke LLP)
Michael L. Mallow
(Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP)
William F. Auther
(Bowman and Brooke LLP)
Steven A. McKelvey Jr.
(Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP)
Craig Carpentino
(Office of the U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey)
Roger A. Cerda
(Alston Bird LLP)
Thomas M. Klein
(Bowman and Brooke LLP)
Vincent Galvin Jr.
(Bowman and Brooke LLP)
Darlene M. Cho
(Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP)
J. Karl Viehman
(Bowman and Brooke LLP)
Thomas J. Nolan
(Pearson, Simon & Warshaw LLP)
Nathan J. Marcusen
(Bowman and Brooke LLP)
J. Gordon Cooney Jr.
(Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP)
Lisa M. Gilford
(Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP)
Facts
Plaintiffs filed a class action against Toyota Motor Corp., based on allegations of unintended acceleration in its vehicles.
Result
The parties settled for $1.5 million, with $750,000 going to the Automotive Safety Research Institute and $750,000 going to the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering at University of Maryland.
Other Information
The settlement resolves appeals at the 9th Circuit level.
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