Friday, December 28, 2012

Toyota Agrees to Pay $1 Billion to Settle Class Action !

As  expected , Toyota agreed to  settle the "sudden -unintended acceleration  class action ". They'll pay about a billion. Probably , after all the objections and fairness hearings the attorneys will get around 16-20% , leaving around $800k for the " class of plaintiffs" . The amount per claim will be insubstantial . Probably will take another year or more to  have money change hands.
   So Toyota made a business decision. Were the problems resolved? Was justice served ? How will this affect the personal injury cases  resulting from  similar claimed  defects?  Still far from over.

   Your thoughts?

  Legal analyst Steve Goldman reporting.

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