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Discovery agreement reached in Toyota MDL

By Richard Binder

U.S. District Judge James Selna, the judge in the MDL against Toyota Motor Corp., approved a joint discovery plan yesterday, forestalling a fight over access to evidence. The agreement allows Toyota's lawyers to investigate the vehicles at issue and plaintiffs' attorneys to depose executives about the automaker's electronic throttle control system. Toyota will turn over some of the documents that it gave to Congress earlier this year.

The parties reached agreement on Friday regarding the scope of documents and depositions during the first phase of discovery, scheduled to last for 100 days. 

The MDL involves more than 200 lawsuits against Toyota following its recall of more than 8 million vehicles. Most cases involve economic losses to consumers of recalled vehicles, while others claim that the vehicles caused injuries or deaths due to sudden unintended acceleration.

Full story at NLJ.com.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on July 21, 2010 (boomark / email).