A federal judge has appointed four of the most experienced product liability lawyers to the massive Toyota lawsuit. The lawyers will be split to focus on the to major catagories of the suits. One committee will focus on the wrongful deaths caused by unintended acceleration. The second will oversee the hundreds of suits claiming a decrease in value of the vehicles brought on by the recall.
A top Toyota executive urged the company to come clean about its knowledge of defects in their accelerator pedals before the company issued the recall. The e-mails, sent five days before the massive recall show that Toyota was aware of the malfunctions but chose to keep quiet.
Toyota’s former head lawyer, Dimitrios Biller, has filed a lawsuit against the company accusing it of conspiring to withhold evidence in rollover cases and then forcing him to resign.
Toyota's recent problems with recalls due to uncontrollable acceleration have spured the filing of a class action lawsuit by attorney Keith Williams, of Lannom and Williams in Wilson County, who is representing a Lebanon owner of a 2009 Toyota Camry.
Chrysler has issued a recall for 2010 model year Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger sedans; Dodge Nitro, Jeep Liberty, Jeep Commander and Grand Cherokee SUVs; and 2009 and 2010 model year Ram trucks.
Toyota has suspended sales of eight vehicle models that were involved in the accelerator pedal recall. The models include: 2009-2010 RAV4, 2009-2010 Corolla, 2009-2010 Matrix, 2005-2010 Avalon, Certain 2007-2010 Camry,2010 Highlander, 2007-2010 Tundra, and the 2008-2010 Sequoia.
Toyota is recalling 2.3 million vehicles in the U.S. to fix accelerator pedals that can become stuck, the latest in a string of quality problems that have bedeviled the Japanese automaker.
The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers to stop using Zicam Cold Remedy and Zicam Cold Remedy Swabs a popular homeopathic cold remedy, because they could cause anosmia and damage or destroy their sense of smell. There have been a number of complaints from Tennessee.