Jul 20, 2010
Federal Judge Approves Discovery Agreement in Toyota MDL
The judge in the multidistrict litigation against Toyota over sudden unintended acceleration problems approved a joint discovery plan on Tuesday, forestalling a fight over access to evidence. The agreement, endorsed by California federal Judge James Selna, 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.