June 26, 2018
A group of consumers and automotive recycling companies suing Ford Motor Co. in multidistrict litigation over defective Takata Corp. airbags should be barred from pursuing amended claims in Florida federal court, the automaker said Monday, arguing the court lacks jurisdiction.
June 12, 2018
A Florida federal judge urged attorneys on Tuesday in the multidistrict litigation over faulty Takata Corp. airbags to move the cases along, and said the suggested fall 2019 date for a trial on plaintiffs' economic loss claims might not be soon enough.
March 14, 2018
General Motors LLC, Fiat Chrysler, Volkswagen Group of America and Mercedes-Benz USA LLC knowingly misrepresented that vehicles made with Takata airbags were safe even though the airbags posed an explosion risk, claim three proposed class actions filed Wednesday as part of multidistrict litigation in Florida federal court.
February 28, 2018
A Florida federal judge granted final approval Wednesday to a $605 million settlement ending allegations against Honda Motor Co. Ltd. in multidistrict litigation over faulty Takata air bags and awarded attorneys' fees worth 20 percent of the deal after some Honda owners argued the 30 percent initially sought was too high.
January 25, 2018
Lawyers for Honda, Nissan and a class of vehicle owners who sued the car manufacturers over the cost of replacing their defective Takata air bags asked a Florida federal judge on Wednesday to reject a litany of objections to settlements worth more than $702 million.
January 11, 2018
Two Honda owners have objected in Florida federal court to the proposed $605 million settlement the automaker reached to exit multidistrict litigation over defective Takata air bags, arguing in part that the 30 percent sought by class counsel is too high.
December 21, 2017
Multidistrict litigation dockets sizzled in 2017 with a spate of notable bellwether trials and a handful of attention-grabbing settlements, as well as centralization of litigation over some of the year's biggest corporate scandals.
November 01, 2017
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday granted final approval for $741 million in settlements reached by Toyota, BMW, Subaru and Mazda to resolve consumer class actions over dangerously defective Takata Corp. air bags, including an award of $166 million in attorneys' fees for class counsel.
October 25, 2017
Urging a Florida federal court Wednesday to grant final approval for $741 million in settlements with four automakers in class actions over dangerously defective Takata Corp. air bags, class counsel highlighted two ways the agreements are below average: the number of objections and the portion going to attorneys' fees.
October 12, 2017
Class counsel representing Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and BMW owners suing the automakers for installing dangerously defective Takata Corp. air bags urged a Florida federal court Wednesday to ignore objectors and finalize settlements worth $740 million.