Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Toyota sued by Allstate over acceleration claims

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- Allstate Insurance Co. has sued Toyota Motor Corp., seeking to recover more than $3 million the insurer and affiliates paid in claims for accidents linked to unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles.

The lawsuit, filed last Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, marks a relatively new front in the wave of U.S. civil litigation piling up against the Japanese automaker for economic losses stemming from complaints about Toyotas that have sped out of control and crashed.

                         "We are expected to be one of several insurance companies that are taking this action,"                         Allstate spokeswoman Christina Loznicka told Reuters on Monday.

 
                          “Toyota has not found a single case in which electronics would lead to sudden unintended acceleration,” Steve St. Angelo, the company's North American chief quality officer, said in a conference call yesterday.

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