Seven automobile insurance firms have followed Allstate Insurance Co. in suing Toyota Motor Corp. to recover money they paid in claims for car crashes blamed on unintended acceleration of Toyota vehicles. The insurers’ court action has opened a new front …
Allstate Insurance Co. has sued Toyota Motor Corp., seeking to recover more than $3 million the insurer and affiliates paid in claims for accidents linked to unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles. The lawsuit, filed last Friday in Los Angeles Superior …
A judge has ordered the pretrial merger of at least 40 California state court lawsuits filed against Toyota over cars that have raced out of control, including a case stemming from the fatal crash that sparked the automaker’s recall crisis. …
Ronald Polkey, a sun-weathered shrimp boat captain from the Louisiana resort and fishing hub of Grand Isle, La., should be out on the water working his nets to bring in a day’s catch. But with most of the region’s shrimping …
Scores of high-powered U.S. trial lawyers pursuing Toyota in court over the car company’s wide-ranging safety recalls gathered Wednesday to compare notes, strategize and jostle for a prime shot at the legal bounty. The conference at a San Diego hotel …
Lawyers seeking civil damages against Toyota Motor Corp. on behalf of U.S. consumers for diminished resale value of recalled vehicles are broadening their cases to add racketeering claims against the automaker. Using federal racketeering laws to amend the consumer class-action …
Nearly one in four Californians under age 65 lacked health insurance during all or part of last year, well above the latest national average, in a trend fueled by shrinking coverage due to mounting job layoffs, a new study Tuesday …
A U.S. congressional panel has found evidence Toyota routinely withheld company records it should have turned over in court and settled personal injury cases to avoid revealing key engineering data dubbed the “Books of Knowledge,” the panel’s chairman said Friday. …
A review of 3,000 consumer complaints against Anthem Blue Cross, California’s largest for-profit health insurer, has found over 700 violations of state law during the past four years, state regulators said on Monday. The investigation into claims-handling practices by Anthem, …
Added to a wave of personal injury lawsuits stemming from Toyota’s massive recall, the automaker faces a growing number of consumer class-action cases — more than 40 so far — over the shrinking resale value of its cars. Consumer lawsuits …
