A Los Angeles Superior Court judge recently ordered four wrongful death lawsuits from California, Idaho, Kentucky, and Georgia, involving Toyota vehicles consolidated. Plaintiffs allege in the cases that Toyota failed to properly recall the steering relay rods in the Toyota pickups and SUVs. To date, four lawsuits arising out of accidents have been filed where Plaintiffs allege the steering relay rod snapped, causing fatalities. The one in California caused the death of an infant. All four of the lawsuits involve a safety recall Toyota issued in Japan in 2004, but which had not been issued in the United States.

Source: The Times-Standard