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Company: Toyota Motor Corp.
Current Parent Company: Toyota
Penalty: $1,600,000,000
Year: 2013
Date: July 24, 2013
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: product safety violation
Secondary Offense: motor vehicle safety violation
Mega-Scandal: Unintended Acceleration
Violation Description: Toyota agreed to a $1.6 billion settlement of multi-district claims that its vehicles were prone to sudden, unintended acceleration.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Central District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 8:10ml2151
Case Name: In Re: Toyota Motor Corp. Unintended Acceleration Marketing, Sales Practices, And Products Liability Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: Japan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: motor vehicles
Specific Industry of Current Parent: motor vehicles
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