Toyota Settles EDTX Lawsuit with Hybrid Vehicle Owners

A Sherman federal judge on Tuesday approved a joint motion to dismiss a lawsuit between Toyota Motor Corp. and a proposed class of hybrid-vehicle owners after the parties reached a settlement involving brake-defects claims.

Lawyers leading the settlement for Toyota included Los Angeles lawyers Michael Mallow and Rachel Straus of Shook, Hardy & Bacon and Sherman lawyer Joe Brown, a former U.S. Attorney of the Eastern District of Texas. Leading the settlement for the plaintiffs were Ontario, California lawyers David Wright, Richard McCune, Steven Haskins and Mark Richards of McCune Wright Arevalo as well as Dallas lawyers Bruce Steckler and Austin Smith of Steckler Wayne Cochran, who served as liaison counsel.