Toyota is recalling more than 82,000 of its popular hybrid automobiles due to concerns about the mechanism that switches power between the electric motor and batteries and the gasoline engine. This further increases the total number of recalled Toyotas to more than 2 million since 2010.
Hundreds of Toyota injury cases have been consolidated into one Court, the Central District of California, which recently set the first test trial over "sudden acceleration" for February 2013. While that seems like a long time away, as normal litigation can take years, the Court and parties are pursuing an aggressive discovery and trial schedule on an extremely complex piece of litigation spanning multiple countries and plaintiffs in almost every state in the U.S.
According to a report from USA Today, the potentially faulty Toyota hybrid components are at risk of overheating. Affected models include the 2006 and 2007 versions of the Highlander Hybrid and the Lexus RX 400h.
The attorneys at Jones Ward PLC represent more than a dozen injured plaintiffs from across the country in Toyota sudden acceleration cases, including multiple wrongful death cases. If you would like to speak to someone about a potential case, please call the attorneys of Jones Ward PLC at 1-888-KYLAW22 (595-2922) or email jasper@jonesward.com.
