A federal judge has rejected Toyota Motor Corp.’s move to compel arbitration of claims filed by 20 of the 27 named plaintiffs in a bellwether class action asserting economic damages because of sudden, unintended acceleration by the company’s vehicles.
U.S. District Judge James Selna tentatively ruled on Feb. 27 that Toyota had waived its right to arbitrate with 15 of the plaintiffs because it waited too long and had aggressively litigated before filing its motion – hardly an indication, he said, that the carmaker planned to arbitrate the claims.
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