John Gomez: Igniting a Toyota firestorm 
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: December 28, 2010
Tags: Lawyers of the Year, Lawyers of the Year 2010, product liability, sudden acceleration, sudden unintended acceleration, Toyota
When he agreed to take a tragic case involving a family who careened to their death in their 2009 Toyota Lexus ES 350, John Gomez had no idea it would spark a massive recall of millions of vehicles, a federal investigation and a nationwide mass tort over sudden unintended acceleration.
Toyota faces economic loss liability in acceleration suits
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 9, 2010
Tags: economic loss, product liability, sudden unintended acceleration, Toyota
Toyota may be liable for economic losses suffered by car buyers as a result of alleged sudden acceleration problems in the company’s vehicles, a U.S. District Court in California has ruled in partially denying a motion to dismiss.
Plaintiff’s attorney can’t attend psychiatric exam
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: November 10, 2010
Tags: employment discrimination, privacy, same-sex harassment, Toyota
An employment discrimination attorney could not monitor an independent psychiatric examination ordered for his client, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in reversing a discovery order.
Toyota moves to dismiss sudden acceleration cases
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: November 8, 2010
Tags: NHTSA, sudden acceleration, Toyota
Toyota has moved to dismiss all of the federal cases against it stemming from the sudden acceleration problems in its vehicles, including personal injury and wrongful death cases as well as claims for economic loss by vehicle owners.
Big win for Toyota whistleblower
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 15, 2010
Tags: product liability, Toyota, whistleblower
An arbitrator has ruled that a former top Toyota attorney turned whistleblower can submit internal Toyota documents in court in order to prove his claim that the company asked him to hide evidence of product defects from the public.
Toyota announces safety recall
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: August 26, 2010
Tags: recall, Toyota
Toyota today announced that it is voluntarily recalling about 1.13 million Toyota Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles sold in the United States to replace engine control modules.
Toyota officials can’t be deposed in acceleration case
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 23, 2010
Tags: depositions, sudden acceleration, Toyota, wrongful death
Top officials of Toyota aren’t subject to being deposed in a product liability case alleging that defects caused the sudden acceleration of one of the company’s vehicles, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in vacating a discovery order.
Skeptics scuttle initial NHTSA findings on Toyota sudden acceleration
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: August 12, 2010
Tags: sudden acceleration, sudden acceleration litigation, Toyota
An initial federal investigation shows no signs of problems with Toyota’s electronic throttle system.
Judge approves Toyota MDL discovery plan
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: July 21, 2010
Tags: MDL, sudden acceleration, Toyota
A U.S. District Court judge in California has approved a plan for the first phase of discovery in the Toyota multi-district litigation.
NHTSA probes Toyota steering rod recall
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: June 29, 2010
Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, recalls, Toyota
Documents unearthed during discovery in a lawsuit over the death of a California teenager have helped spark a federal investigation into whether Toyota stalled a recall of almost 1 million pickup trucks and SUVs over defective steering rods.
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