Federal Judge Inclined to Let Toyota Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Lawsuits Proceed

In the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Judge James V. Selna has issued a preliminary opinion denying Toyota Motor Corporation’s motion to dismiss several key causes of action in 51 lawsuits claiming negligence, design defects, failure to warn and fraudulent concealment by the Japanese automaker. Toyota had argued that the plaintiffs…