IN RE TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.

Case No. 8:10ML 02151 JVS (FMOx).

754 F.Supp.2d 1208 (2010)

In re TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. UNINTENDED ACCELERATION MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION This document relates to: All personal liability/wrong death cases.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

December 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea Bierstein , Clinton B. Fisher , Jayne Conroy , Mitchell M. Breit , Paul J. Hanly, Jr. , Thomas I. Sheridan, III , Hanly Conroy Bierstein Sheridan Fisher & Hayes LLP, Michael A. London , Douglas & London, Chaim B. Book , Moskowitz Book & Walsh, LLP, Patrick J. Sheehan , Joe R. Whatley, Jr. , Edith M. Kallas , Shujah A. Awan , Whatley Drake & Kallas LLC, Hunter J. Shkolnik , Reingold Valet Rheingold Shkolnik & McCartney, Anita Magdalena Jaskot , Robert Michael Brill , Law Offices of Robert M. Brill, Ted Trief , Arlene Stevens , Trief & Olk, Jeremy Nathan Nash , Jill Sharyn Abrams , Orin Robert Kurtz , Abbey Spanier Rodd & Abrams, LLP, Wendy R. Fleishman , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY, Daniel H. Chang , Diversity Law Group APC, Edward Wonkyu Choi , Choi & Associates Law Offices, Gretchen M. Nelson , Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, Thomas Vincent Girardi , Girardi & Keese, Dana B. Taschner , Lanier Law Firm, Marc M. Seltzer , Ryan C. Kirkpatrick , Steven G. Sklaver , Susman Godfrey LLP, Brian R. Strange , Gretchen Carpenter , John Peter Ohanesian , Strange and Carpenter, Lionel Zevi Glancy , Michael M. Goldberg , Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, Mark John Geragos , Shelley Kaufman , Tamar G. Arminak , Geragos & Geragos, Lee M. Gordon , Elaine T. Byszewski , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Edward A. Woods , Eric M. George , Michael A. Bowse , Browne Woods George LLP, Joel E. Elkins , Jordan L. Lurie , Weiss and Lurie, Christopher M. Burke , Hal D. Cunningham , Scott & Scott LLP, Jerome L. Ringler , Paul Alvarez , Paul G. Szumiak , Thomas A. Kearney , Ringler Kearney Alvare , Roger A. Cerda , Alston & Bird LLP, Los Angeles, CA, David C. Wright , Jae Kook Kim , Kristy M. Arevalo , Richard D. McCune, Jr. , McCune Wright LLP, Redlands, CA, Derek Yeats Brandt , Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd LLC, East Alton, IL, Peter J. Cambs , Jordan Lucas Chaikin , Bonita Springs, FL, Fred R. Rosenthal , Lisa M. Hasselman , Steve W. Berman , Barbara M. Mahoney , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Rachel S. Black , Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, WA, Behram V. Parekh , Heather Marie Peterson , Michael L. Kelly , Kirtland and Packard, El Segundo, CA, Ben Barnow , Barnow & Associates PC, Kenneth A. Wexler , Wexler Wallace LLP, Aaron J. Bryant , The Bryant Law Group, Chicago, IL, Gene J. Stonebarger , Stonebarger Law, APC, Folsom, CA, David M. Arbogast , Jeffrey K. Berns , Arbogast & Berns LLP, Woodland Hills, CA, H. Scott Leviant , Ira R. Spiro , Spiro Moss LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Mark P. Robinson, Jr. , Daniel S. Robinson , Karren Schaeffer , Michelle M. West , Scot D. Wilson , Robinson Calcagnie & Robinson, James B. Hardin , Adam T. Hoover , Marc G. Reich , Reich Radcliffe & Kuttler LLP, Newport Beach, CA, Thomas Joseph O'Reardon, II , Timothy G. Blood , Blood Hurst & O'Reardon LLP, Samuel M. Ward , Stephen R. Basser , Barrack Rodos & Bacine, Alan M. Mansfield , The Consumer Law Group, Daniel J. Mulligan , Thomas A. Jenkins , Jenkins Mulligan & Gabriel LLP, Georgiy B. Lyudyno , Ronald A. Marron , Ronald A. Marron Law Offices APLC, James Robert Hail , John A. Lowther, IV , William James Doyle, II , Doyle Lowther , San Diego, CA, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr. , Jennifer L. Crose , June Anne Oswald , Darryl James Becnel , Salvadore Christina, Jr. , Becnel Law Firm LLC, Reserve, LA, Diane Kay Zink , Attorney at Law, Robert M. Becnel , Law Offices of Robert M. Becnel, Christopher Devon Becnel , Becnel Law Firm, LLC, Laplace, LA, Camilo Kossy Salas, III , Salas LC, Cayce Christian Peterson , Hugh Palmer Lambert , Linda Jane Nelson , Lambert & Nelson, Matthew B Moreland , Matthew B. Moreland , Attorney at Law, Lawrence J. Centola, III , Scott R. Bickford , Martzell & Bickford, Patrick J. O'Cain , McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, Stephen J. Herman , Herman Gerel LLP, Dawn M. Barrios , Barrios Kingsdorf & Casteis, New Orleans, LA, John Francis Nevares , John F. Nevares Attorney at Law, Ricardo L. Ortiz-Colon , Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez, San Juan, PR, Lance August Harke , Harke & Clasby, John Hasan Ruiz , Joseph Lawrence McGuinness , Miami, FL, J. Andrew Meyer , Tamra Carsten Givens , Morgan & Morgan, PA, Tampa, FL, Scott W. Weinstein , Morgan & Morgan PA, Ft. Myers, FL, Andres A. Alonso , Jerrold S. Parker , Melanie H. Muhlstock , David Bruce Krangle , Great Neck, NY, Benjamin L. Bailey , Eric B. Snyder , Robert P. Lorea , Rodney Arthur Smith , Bailey & Glasser LLP, Edgar F. Heiskell, III , Edgar F. Heiskell Attorney at Law, Harry F. Bell, Jr., The Bell Law Firm, Charleston, WV, Mark S. Baumkel , Bingham Farms, MI, Gerarld J. Rodos , Jeffrey B. Gittleman , Mark R. Rosen , Leonard Barrack , Lisa M. Lamb , Barrack Rodos and Bacine, Jeffrey L. Osterwise , Jon J. Lambiras , Sherrie R. Savett , Berger & Montague PC, Larry Pitt , Larry Pitt & Associates PC, Brian J. McCormick, Jr. , Sheller PC, Leonard V. Fodera , Louis Todd Silverman , Michael Phillip Lalli , Silverman & Fodera PC, Arnold Levin , Daniel C. Levin , Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, Arthur Camden Lewis , Keith M. Babcock , John S. Simmons , Lewis & Babcock LLP, Columbia, SC, Thomas J. Murray , Thomas J Murray & Associates Inc., James L. Murray , John T. Murray , Dennis E. Murray, Jr. , Margaret M. Murray , Murray & Murray, Sandusky, OH, Elizabeth Joan Cabraser , Nimish R. Desai , Robert J. Nelson , Todd A. Walburg , Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein LLP, Rosemary M. Rivas , Tracy Tien , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Derek G. Howard , Gilmur R. Murray , Brad Yamauchi , Jack W. Lee , Minami Tamaki LLP, Cadio Zirpoli , Guido Saveri , Melissa C. Shapiro , R. Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri Inc., San Francisco, CA, Christopher David Stock , Robert Alan Steinberg , Stanley M. Chesley , Wilbert Benjamin Markovits , Waite Schneider Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH, James E Cecchi , Lindsey H. Taylor , Carella Byrne Bain Gilfillan Cecchi Stewart and Olstein, Roseland, NJ, Charles T. Lester, Jr. , Eric C. Deters , Eric C. Deters & Associates PSC, Independence, KY, Ralph K. Phalen , Ralph K. Phalen Law PC, Jose M. Bautista , Robert C. Sullivan , Sullivan Bautista Morgan Allen & Chronic LLC, Shawn Gayland Foster , Davis, Bethune & Jones, LLC, Bradley D. Kuhlman , Chad Cameron Lucas , Kuhlman Law Firm, LLC, Kansas City, MO, W. Mark Lanier , The Lanier Law Firm, Fletcher V. Trammell , Bailey Perrin Bailey , Robert S. Safi , Susman Godfrey LLP, Edward Morgan Carstarphen, III , Ellis Carstarphen et al. , Houston, TX, Donald C. Coggins, Jr. , John Belton White, Jr. , Harrison White Smith and Coggins, Spartanburg, SC, Mark J. Tamblyn , Neha Duggal , Wexler Wallace LLP, C. Brooks Cutter , Stuart C. Talley , Kershaw Cutter & Ratinoff, Sacramento, CA, Bruce W. Steckler , Denyse F. Clancy , Renee M. Melancon , Baron & Budd PC, Dallas, TX, Jennifer K. Berg , Baron & Budd PC, Beverly Hills, CA, Laura L. Singletary , Mary Nell Bennett , Richard Joseph Arsenault , James R. Whaley , John Randall Whaleym , Michael S. Koch , Neblett Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA, John R. Climaco , Patrick G. Warner , Climaco Lefkowitz Peca Wilcox and Garofoli, Frank E. Piscitelli, Jr. , Frank E. Piscitelli Co. LLPA, D. Scott Kalish , Frank E. Piscitelli Jr. , James L. Deese , Cleveland, OH, Brian W. Smith , Smith & Vanture LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, Thomas D. Mauriello , Mauriello Law Firm, San Clemente, CA, W. Daniel Miles, III , Timothy R. Fiedler , Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC, Montgomery, AL, Gordon M. Fauth, Jr. , Litigation Law Group, Alameda, CA, Amy M. Wilkins , Robert B. Carey , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Leif Garrison , Carey Law Firm, Colorado Springs, CO, Jerry K. Cimmet , Jerry K. Cimmet Law Offices, San Mateo, CA, John M. Kelson , John M. Kelson Law Office, Oakland, CA, J. Gerard Stranch, IV , Joe P. Leniski , Michael G. Stewart , Steven J. Simerlein , Branstetter Stranch & Jennings PLLC, Jonathan P. Farmer , Jones Hawkins & Farmer PLC, Nashville, TN, Amanda M. Williams , Daniel E. Gustafson , Karla M. Gluek , Gustafson Gluek PLLC, Charles S Zimmerman , Zimmerman Reed PLLP, Robert K. Shelquist , Yvonne M. Flaherty , Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, James E. Carter , James E. Carter and Associates, LLC, Savannah, GA, Jon E. Ingram, Jr. , Thomas W. Tucker , Tucker Everitt Long Brewton & Lanier PC, Augusta, GA, Doris A. Kim , Mark K. Gray , Matthew L. White , Franklin Gray & White, Gary M. Weiss , Joseph Allan Cobb , Weiss & Cobb Attorneys at Law, Louisville, KY, Frank Piscitelli , Mony Financial Services, Purchase, NY, J. Burton Leblanc, IV , Baron & Budd PC, Baton Rouge, LA, Russell A. Wood , Wood Law Office, P.A., Russellville, AR, Douglas Scott Lyons , Lyons & Farrar PA, Phillip Timothy Howard , Howard & Associates PA, Tallahassee, FL, Norwood Sherman Wilner , Wilner Block PA, Jacksonville, FL, Howard Weil Rubinstein , Law Office of Howard W. Rubinstein, Aspen, CO, Bryan August Pfleeger, Ronald J. Favre, Waldon Michael Hingle , Michael Hingle & Associates, Inc., Slidell, LA, Brian Nolan Mazzola , Law Offices of Brian N. Mazzola PLLC, Beaumont, TX, Dianne M. Nast , Erin C. Burns , Roda & Nast, Lancaster, PA, William A. Riback , William Riback LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, Delana S. Sanders , Justin A. Sanders , The Sanders Law Firm, Covington, KY, Kenneth S. Canfield , Ralph I. Knowles , Robert E. Sanders , Robert E. Shields , W. Matthew Nakajima , Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield & Knowles, LLC, Atlanta, GA, David Pastor , Gilman and Pastor LLP, Patrick T. Jones , Peter J. Schneider , Cooley, Manion, Moore & Jones, PC, Howard Friedman, Law Offices of Howard Friedman, P.C., Boston, MA, Thomas E. Clary, III , Glassman Edwards Wade & Wyatt, P.C., Memphis, TN, Patricia Ann Meester , Franklin D. Azar & Associates PC, Pueblo, CO, Franklin D. Azar , Jason B. Wesoky , Nathan Axvig , Franklin D. Azar & Associates PC, Aurora, CO, Philip Burton Green , Kailua-Kona, HI, William G. Azar , Azar & Schlehofer, P.C., Anchorage, AK, Anthony Martin Urie , Shoreline, WA, Joseph W. Price , Snell & Wilmer, Costa Mesa, CA, Stacey Tjon Bossart , Solberg Stewart Miller and Tjon, Fargo, ND, Martha K. Wivell , Sheller PC, Cook, MN, Sharon L. Van Dyck , Van Dyck Law Firm, PLLC, St. Louis Park, MN, Kevin Bruce Love , Criden & Love PA, South Miami, FL, Jason Saul Remer , Remer & Georges-Pierre PLLC, North Miami, FL, Garrett D. Blanchfield Jr. , Roberta A. Yard , Reinhardt Wendorf and Blanchfield, Gino F. Battisi , Foley and Mansfield PLLP, Joseph V. Neill , St. Paul, MN, Andrew E. Bederman , Greenberg and Bederman LLP, Silver Spring, MD, Benjamin F. Johns , Joseph G. Sauder , Matthew D. Schelkopf , Chimicles & Tikellis, LLP, Haverford, PA, Charles A. Fiore , Williamstown, NJ, Francis Christopher Porada , Berenbaum Weinshienk PC, Denver, CO, Ann E. Brown-Graff , Brad J. Brady , Larry D. Helvey , Matthew L. Preston , Brady & O'Shea PC, Cedar Rapids, IA, Christopher P. Welsh , Welsh Welsh Law Firm, Omaha, NE, Donald H. Slavik , Habush Habush & Rottier SC, Milwaukee, WI, Fred Sehultz , Greene, Schultz Law Firm, Bloomington, IN, William A. Cohan , William A. Cohan Law Offices, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, James C. Shah , Shepherd Finkelman Miller & Shah LLP, Media, PA, William A. Riback , William Riback LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, B. Keith Williams , James R. Stocks , Lannom & Williams, Lebanon, TN, Jud Patterson , Luxon & Patterson, Richmond, KY, Ronald Lee Burdge , Burdge Law Office, Elizabeth Ahern Wells , Dayton, OH, Lucien C. Gwin, III, Gwin, Lewis & Punches, Natchez, MS, for Plaintiffs.

Andrew B. Cooke , Flaherty Sensabaugh & Bonasso, Rebecca A. Betts , David B. Thomas , Nicholas S. Johnson , Allen Guthrie McHugh and Thomas, Elizabeth L. Taylor , Flaherty Sensabaugh & Bonasso, Charleston, WV, Anne O. Hanna , Vincent Galvin, Jr. , Bowman and Brooke LLP, San Jose, CA, Craig Carpenito , Judith Anna Amorosa , Karl Geercken , Kristin Ann Meister , Matthew Carl Decker , Alston & Bird, LLP, New York, NY, Cari K. Dawson , Derin B. Dickerson , Kyle G.A. Wallace , Alston & Bird LLP, Andrew T. Bayman , King and Spalding LLP, Kara Kennedy , Scott Austin Elder , Alston & Bird, LLP, Harold E. Franklin, Jr. , Atlanta, GA, Clem C. Trischler , James F. Marrion , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, Paula J. Allan , Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, PA, Daniel W. Olivas , J. Randolph Bibb, Jr. , Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C., Donna L. Roberts , Stephen H. Price , Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Nashville, TN, Gregory A. Harrison , Andrew R. Kwiatkowski , Jeffrey P. Hinebaugh , Dinsmore & Shohl, Chad Michael Sizemore , Jason A. Golden , Kelly Maria Carbetta Scandy , Kelly C. Scandy , Kimberly Vanover Riley , Montgomery Rennie & Jonson, Cincinnati, OH, James Karl Viehman , Hartline Dacus et al. , Charles Glen Morris , Darren McCarty , Alston & Bird LLP, Dallas, TX, John D. Arya , Lisa Gilford , Rachel Aleeza Rappaport , Loeb & Loeb LLP, Roger A. Cerda , Stephanie Ann Jones , Alston & Bird LLP, James J. Yukevich , Raymond H. Hua , Alexander G. Calfo , Yukevich Calfo and Cavanaugh, Los Angeles, CA, Kathryn Ashley Meyers , Michael Ross Tein , Lewis Tein PL, Coconut Grove, FL, Mary Michelle Kranzow , William Francis Auther Bowman & Brooke LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Patrick Darrow Wilson , Edwin L. Lowther, Jr. , Wright Lindsey and Jennings, Little Rock, AR, Paul J. Osowski , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Charlotte, NC, Ross W. Johnson , Faegre & Benson LLP, Des Moines, IA, Steven A. McKelvey , William H. Latham , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Angela Gilbert Strickland , Pamela J. Roberts , Bowman & Brooke LLP, Columbia, SC, Todd E. Kennedy , Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, Greg W. Marsh , Law Offices of Greg W. Marsh, Todd E. Kennedy, Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, Las Vegas, NV, C. Brandon Wisoff , Douglas R. Young , Farella Braun and Martel LLP, San Francisco, CA, Bridget M. Ahmann , Demoya R. Gordon , Faegre & Benson LLP, Bard D. Borkon , Douglas L. Pfeifer , Bowman & Brooke LLP, Carrie L. Hund , Bassford Remele , PA, Minneapolis, MN, Charles A. Getto , McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A., Holly P. Smith , Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO, Colvin Gamble Norwood, Jr. , Henri Wolbrette, III , Jose L. Barro, III , Mark N. Bodin , Patrick J. O'Cain , Lorraine Perkins Mclnnis , McGlinchey Stafford Lang, PLLC, New Orleans, LA; Dennis P. Ziemba , Edward A. Gray , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Philadelphia, PA, David L. Ayers , Todd Jefferson Hartley , Jennifer Ann Rogers , Watkins & Eager, David Lawrence Ayers , Jackson, MS, David T. Schaefer , Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville, KY, De Martenson , Huie Fernambucq & Stewart LLP, Birmingham, AL, Joel A. Dewey , Kelly M. Marzullo , DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Baltimore, MD, Jonathan Hale Claydon , Jose A. Isasi , Jose Antonio Isasi II , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Charles Scott Ofstein , Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC, Gerald Geary , Pappas Hubbard O'Connor Fildes Secaras, PC, Jose Antonio Isasi, II , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Mark Howard Boyle , Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC, Chicago, IL, Karoline E. Jackson , Michael Rosiello , T. Joseph Wendt , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Nicholas C. Pappas , Richelle M. Harris , Frost Brown Todd LLC, India-napolis IN, Lee A. Rosenthal , Dinsmore & Shohl, Lexington, KY, Ricardo L. Ortiz-Colon , Roberto A. Camara-Fuertes , Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez, San Juan, PR, Sarah C. McBride , Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C., Knoxville, TN, David J. Williams , Stoel Rives , Salt Lake City, UT, John A.K. Grunert , James M. Campbell , Campbell, Campbell, Edwards & Conroy, P.C., Boston, MA, John W. Knottnerus , Philip A. Rush , Martin Bischoff Templeton Langslet & Hoffman, Portland, OR, Regina M. Rodriguez , Faegre & Benson, LLP, Denver, CO, Robert L. Blank , Jared Smith , Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, PA, Tampa, FL, Steven Robert Kramer , Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott LLC, White Plains, NY, Thomas P. Branigan , Bowman & Brooke, Troy, MI, B. Timothy Durick , Pearce & Duriek, Bismarck, ND, Bruce S. Terlep , David J. Riski , Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Lisle, IL, Gene R. Ward , Demars Hornblower Manning & Ward, Corpus Christi, TX, John B. Thorsness , Clapp, Peterson, Van Flein, Tiemessen & Thorsness, LLC, Anchorage, AK, Jon Barry Waldorf , Mark W. Skanes , The Rose Law Firm, PLLC, Albany, NY, Julian G. Senior , O'Hagan Spencer, LLP, Manhattan Beach, CA, Nicholas Thomas Moraites , William Dean Ledoux, Jr. , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Washington, DC, Sheree A. Kon-Herrera , Fukunaga Matayoshi Hershey Ching & Kop, Honolulu, HI, Tracy M. Jenks , Rodey, Dickason , Sloan, Akin & Robb, Albuquerque, NM, William E. Schaefer , Law Office of John P. Hendrzak, Center Valley, PA, for Defendants.


ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART TOYOTA'S MOTIONS TO DISMISS

JAMES V. SELNA, District Judge.

Table of Contents

  I. Factual Allegations .................................................... 1217
     A. Roberts ............................................................. 1217
     B. Scott ............................................................... 1218
     C. Akamike .............................

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