For many, California is known for its strong consumer protection laws. This explains why the damages resulting from loss of value for their Toyota vehicle determines the attorneys for the class-action lawsuit, the unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles with a California law searched. But late last week, a Santa Ana judge ruled that 70% damages the economic actions that are outside of California "on the State law to be able to jump up can not". Instead, complaints have likely to refer to their own State consumer law, which is often much more restrictive than in California.

"Application of California law to a nationwide class, at least in some cases drastically available whereas the scope of the relief of the burden of regulation, unaffected (at the expense of Toyota), would extend" wrote US District Judge James Selna. "The overwhelming majority of States not recovery permit, if the only damage is economic damage."

Needless to say, lawyers for the plaintiffs suing Toyota are judgment not satisfied with judge Selna. But the news was not bad. Previously had Toyota's lawyers on a report the Government from the unintended acceleration largely angelastet waved accidents driver error as "judicial notice." but judge Selna decided that the report subject to dispute in the light of the other reports, that as a possible cause of these accidents mechanical and electronic problems pointed out.

But at the end of the day, judge Selna judgment is a major win for Toyota. "We are pleased the Court is recognized, so that a few hand-picked plaintiff, pave the way for customers in the United States through this kind of procedural engineering would go against established law, reduce Toyota's material rights and undermine the purposes of this multidistrict procedure", the company said in a statement.

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