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Toyota unintended acceleration case goes to trial

Toyota unintended acceleration case goes to trial

Jury selection began yesterday in a Los Angeles, California trial stemming from a lawsuit alleging that Toyota Motor Corp. should be held responsible for unintended acceleration in a woman’s 2006 Camry.

BP to pay $7 million to settle lawsuit over bad gas

BP has agreed to pay $7 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over bad gas that came from the Whiting Refinery last summer.

In August, the company recalled about 4.7 million gallons of contaminated gasoline that had been sold at more than 575 gas stations throughout the Midwest.

Jury awards $14 million to teen hurt by Hyundai air bag

Plaintiff claims to suffer brain injury when air bag failed to deploy during accident.

Stein Mitchell Muse & Cipollone LLP announced that a jury in Pulaski County, Va. returned a verdict requiring Hyundai to pay $14 million to an injured client after determining that the side air bag system in the 2008 Hyundai Tiburon is defective.