Judge Picks Wild Card Bellwether In Toyota Defect Cases

By Dietrich Knauth (January 27, 2012, 7:32 PM EST) -- A California judge on Thursday picked the first bellwether case in consolidated state court litigation over sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles, taking the rare step of choosing a case proposed by neither the plaintiffs' steering committee nor Toyota's attorneys....

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