October 10, 2017
Ford Motor Co. pushed Monday for the dismissal of new claims filed against it in multidistrict litigation over defective Takata Corp. air bags, telling a Florida federal judge that the plaintiffs' amended complaint goes beyond the court's orders by adding 36 new plaintiffs.
September 22, 2017
A class member in multidistrict litigation over dangerously defective Takata Corp. air bags objected Thursday to a $278.5 million settlement with Toyota Motor Corp., saying the deal devotes too little of the money to class members.
September 01, 2017
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. agreed to a $605 million settlement Friday to exit multidistrict litigation over defective Takata Corp. air bags that will accelerate removal of the dangerous air bag inflators from 16.5 million affected Honda vehicles.
August 17, 2017
Toyota urged a Florida federal judge on Thursday to deny a request from three car owners to be named as class plaintiffs and to form a new subclass in multidistrict litigation over dangerously defective Takata Corp. air bags, saying a proposed settlement adequately protects their interests.
August 08, 2017
Nissan is the latest automaker to settle allegations in multidistrict litigation over defective Takata Corp. air bags, agreeing to a $97.7 million payout, consumers told a Florida federal judge Tuesday.
August 04, 2017
Three car owners requested Thursday to be named as class plaintiffs and to form a new subclass in multidistrict litigation over dangerously defective Takata Corp. air bags, saying details of proposed settlements with automakers valued at $553 million revealed the current class does not adequately represent them.
July 25, 2017
A Malaysian widower of a woman killed by a Takata air bag fought Monday to keep his suit in the Florida federal court overseeing the multidistrict litigation over the defective air bags, arguing that Malaysia is not an adequate venue for his claims against Takata and Honda.
July 20, 2017
A special master in multidistrict litigation over Takata air bags on Wednesday urged a Florida federal judge to compel the deposition of a Honda engineer who said he knew the truth about allegedly defective inflators and compared himself to Edward Snowden in a 2013 email.
July 06, 2017
Drivers in multidistrict litigation over Takata's potentially explosive airbags urged a Florida federal court Wednesday to reject Honda Motor Co.'s bid to use Takata's criminal guilty plea as part of its defense, saying the agreement includes substantial hearsay that could taint the jury and wrongly paint Honda as a "victim."
June 30, 2017
Lawsuits over the ongoing opioid epidemic continue to mount, and litigation against carmakers alleging emissions violations is revving up just as Volkswagen is in the process of ending its own cases. Attorneys are also watching to see how Takata's long-expected bankruptcy will affect litigation over its potentially dangerous air bags.