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Toyota Pays $1.2B for Misleading U.S.; Civil Claims Remain
A $1.2 billion settlement between Toyota Motor Corp. and the U.S. Department of Justice will have little direct effect on negotiations to settle remaining lawsuits over deaths and injuries associated with sudden acceleration, but could sway jurors should those cases go to trial, according to attorneys involved in those actions.Plaintiffs Defend Experts in Zoloft MDL
After drugmaker Pfizer came out swinging against the expert witnesses the plaintiffs want to use to show a causal relationship between Zoloft and birth defects, plaintiffs lawyers said in court papers that their experts' opinions are admissible.Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 6077TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPER
Lion's Share of Zoloft Litigation Shifting to Federal Court
Unlike past pharmaceutical litigation, lawsuits over allegations that women's use of Zoloft during their pregnancies caused birth defects in their children are coalescing in federal court instead of state courts across the country, a defense attorney for drugmaker Pfizer said during a multidistrict litigation court hearing Monday.Pfizer Seeks Court-Appointed Science Expert in Zoloft Multidistrict Litigation
The judge presiding over the federal Zoloft multidistrict litigation said that she could benefit from a court-appointed, "truly neutral expert," but that it is too early in the life of the litigation for such an expert to be appointed.Zoloft MDL Discovery Order Reflects Compromise
The federal judge presiding over the Zoloft multidistrict litigation has approved a discovery plan that the opposing sides negotiated to set relatively early trial dates while also setting early hearings over the science behind the allegations that women's use of Zoloft during their pregnancies caused birth defects in their children.Attorneys for Zoloft MDL Argue Over Focus of Discovery
Defense counsel in the Zoloft multidistrict litigation argued in federal court Wednesday that scientific and medical issues should take primacy in pretrial proceedings because as one lawyer said, "there's just no science there."Who gets to take the first crack at Toyota?
So far, 11 cases have been posited for potential bellwether trials in the California state litigation. Toyota has picked five. The plaintiffs' steering committee chose four but, in a last-minute strategy shift, replaced two of them. Lawyers in two additional cases have moved for preference.Toyota settles acceleration claims with California district attorney
Toyota has settled one of the last remaining cases brought on behalf of consumers over sudden acceleration defects. Under the settlement, Toyota will pay $16 million — half to the Orange County, Calif., District Attorney's office and half to a local gang prevention program.Trending Stories
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