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Toyota Rollover Lawsuits

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Toyota Rollover Lawsuits

Following the recent information provided by a former in-house attorney for Toyota , Do I Have A Lawsuit has opened a new investigation into the outcome of several Toyota rollover lawsuits.

A new lawsuit filed by Dimitrios Biller who served as a corporate attorney for Toyota and was directly involved in the rollover lawsuits, contends that Toyota executives made every effort to stop lawsuit and safety related investigations from 2004 to 2007. Mr. Biller states that Toyota intentionally destroyed safety and product data in an effort to withhold the information from lawyers in over 300 defective product lawsuits filed against the company.

In another lawsuit filed against Toyota on Friday, an attorney who lost one of those many rollover lawsuits alleged unfair practices , fraud and racketeering against the automaker. In seeking class action lawsuit status, the attorneys involved in these rollover cases will pool their resources and bring the Toyota to justice.

In an e-mailed statement, Toyota blasted Biller and defended its legal department: "Mr. Biller has repeatedly breached his ethical and professional obligations, both as an attorney and in his commitments to us, by violating attorney-client privilege in defiance of a court restraining order that Toyota obtained against him."

Consumer groups such as doihavealawsuit.com are watching. "If the allegations are correct that Toyota destroyed or withheld (electronic) data, it has the potential to reopen hundreds of Toyota rollover cases," says Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety.

Biller states that Toyota intentionally withheld a report compiling roof crush information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
"There are vehicles on the road today" that don't meet Toyota's internally required safety goals, Biller alleges in his court filing.

Rae Tyson, a NHTSA spokesman, says the withheld data wouldn't have mattered in formulation of new rules for rollover safety because the agency performed its own tests.

The Toyota lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on July 24 but escaped notice until it was the subject of a report last weekend by CBS News.

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