Judge: First Toyota lawsuits likely to go on trial in 2013
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/toyota/" rel="tag">Toyota</a></p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-14/toyota-may-face-first-sudden-acceleration-trial-in-2013-u-s-judge-says.html"><img alt="Toyota lawsuit" class="right border" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/toyota-250-1295447989.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: right;" /></a>It looks like it will be some time before <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/toyota">Toyota</a> enters the court room for the very first of the mountain of lawsuits that were bundled by a federal judge in relation to <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/sudden acceleration">sudden-acceleration</a> claims.<br />
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A federal judge has said he wants the first of the cases to be tried in the beginning months of 2013. That means the pre-trial discovery of evidence should be wrapped up by the end of 2012. U.S. District Judge James V. Selna made the announcement at a hearing on January 14. For those keeping track, Toyota is staring down the barrel of around 400 lawsuits related to the recall of over 8 million vehicles.<br />
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According to <em>Bloomberg</em>, Selna specifically urged trial lawyers to select "bellweather cases" designed to test the claims of both plaintiffs and the defendant sooner rather than later. According to the report, attorneys on both sides of the cases have agreed to Selna's time table.<br />
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Meanwhile, another set of personal injury cases are set to go to trial in Texas in February or March of 2012.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-14/toyota-may-face-first-sudden-acceleration-trial-in-2013-u-s-judge-says.html">Bloomberg</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/20/judge-first-toyota-lawsuits-likely-to-go-on-trial-in-2013/">Judge: First Toyota lawsuits likely to go on trial in 2013</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:29:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/20/judge-first-toyota-lawsuits-likely-to-go-on-trial-in-2013/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19806615/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/20/judge-first-toyota-lawsuits-likely-to-go-on-trial-in-2013/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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