A federal judge expects the first sudden-acceleration lawsuit against Toyota will go to trial . . . in 2013.
U.S. District Judge James Selna, who is overseeing the class-action and personal-injury suits that have been consolidated into one federal case in his courtroom, laid out a trial time frame for attorneys on both sides Friday.
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The case is being heard in Orange County because the federal court district overlaps with Torrance, where the world's largest automaker keeps its U.S. headquarters.
Toyota's throttle-control system led to unexpected acceleration, according to the plaintiffs, but the automaker maintains driver
error, faulty floor mats and sticky accelerator pedals were the cause.
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