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Company: Denso Corp.
Current Parent Company: Denso
Penalty: $14,250,000
Year: 2022
Date: December 21, 2022
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: product safety violation
Violation Description: Toyota Motor and Denso together agreed to pay $28.5 million in legal expenses and provide new warranties to customers to settle litigation alleging they sold over 3 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles with defective Denso fuel pumps. Court documents did not indicate how much of the legal expenses each would pay. Here we assume they divided the amount equally between them.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Eastern District of New York
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:20cv629
Case Name: Cheng v. Toyota Motor Corporation et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: Japan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: automotive parts
Specific Industry of Current Parent: automotive parts
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