A federal judge, citing concerns about a request for attorney fees, has put the brakes on a proposed class action settlement between Toyota Motor Corp. and nearly 300,000 owners and lessees of Prius hybrids who claimed that their headlights were defective because they intermittently shut off.
U.S. District Judge Manuel Real, during a final settlement hearing on Aug. 29 in Los Angeles, said he was having a “big problem” going through the fees request, estimated at $4.7 million for five plaintiffs’ firms. Toyota’s lawyers have maintained in court documents that the amount is too high—particularly since the value of the settlement is less than $4.7 million.
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