Note: This article has been updated to correctly identify John Hooper.
On the day after Christmas 2012, Toyota Motor North America announced that it had agreed to settle a giant class action over the sudden, unintended acceleration of some of its vehicles. It was the kind of announcement that was guaranteed to draw attention. The value of the settlement in the multidistrict litigation in Santa Ana, Calif., was $1.6 billion.
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