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Another Twist: Tesla Sued By Magna Powertrain
The drama surrounding Tesla continues to unfold as recently discovered court documents show that the debatably legitimate electric automaker is being sued by Magna Powertrain. The lawsuit dates back to February 22 and states that Tesla failed to pay Magna for design of the two-speed transmission used in the Tesla Roadster. The story does have bit of he-said, she-said, unfortunately. More »
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Tesla Sues Fisker Designers In World's Most Expensive Girl Fight
Tesla Motors, the manufacturer of the Tesla Roadster, has filed suit against Henrik Fisker and Bernhard Koehler (yes that Fisker) claiming the duo stole confidential design information and trade secrets while working for Tesla. We're not trying to pick sides around these parts, but the Tesla claims make some sense. More »
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Carroll Shelby Sues Shelby Owners Club
Carroll Shelby is suing the Shelby American Automobile Club in an attempt to force it to stop using his name and likeness. The for-profit club is required to involve Shelby in marketing campaigns and provide him with financial statements under the terms of their licensing agreement. Shelby claims they've failed to do so. Shelby is also demanding that the club turn over its records of Shelby vehicles and their authenticity, something the club claims it'll refuse to do even if they lose the lawsuit. Shelby claims the club has made large some of money, but "never counted me in on anything." The club refutes this claim, stating it "pays for itself. There is no money left over. We have put a lot of hard work into this club." [Source: Automotive News]
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Governator and California Sue EPA Over Car Emissions
Things are about to get exciting if you love hot, government-on-government litigious action. The State of California today sued the Environmental Protection Agency in order to get permission to impose stricter auto emissions standards. This all goes back to a law passed in California two years ago that would require 2009 models to meet higher guidelines, which has yet to get an enforcement waiver from the EPA. If they're denied, Governor Schwarzenegger told reporters "We sue again, and sue again and sue again until we get it," thus setting himself up for countless "I'll be back" jokes. We can't imagine any reason the Bush administration would want to stall this law... Full press release from the Governator's Office below the jump. More »
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Nissan Sued For Fire Death in Street Racing Accident
A lawsuit filed against those responsible for injury or death in a street racing accident isn't unheard of as negligence is usually involved, but there's a new twist to a lawsuit filed today in El Monte, California. In addition to naming the two racers, the $100 million lawsuit also includes Nissan Motor Company. The accident involved a Ford F-150 and Mustang that broadsided a Nissan Altima, causing the car to burst into flames, which is where this gets all litigious. Details after the jump... More »
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Note To Californians: Don't Try To Save People
A ruling by the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles indicated that the state's Good Samaritan law only protects people from liability if they are giving emergency medical care. But according to the court, removing someone from a wrecked car is not considered to be emergency medical care... This all stems from a lawsuit filed by a woman who is suing the person that pulled her out of her wrecked car "like a rag doll," which may have led to her becoming a paraplegic (though the crash couldn't have helped). There are two lessons here: Don't move someone unless you're trained or the person is imminent danger. Have someone sign a release form before you help them. More »
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Toyota Sex Scandal Still Burning? ToMoCo Senior Veep Dennis Cuneo Departs Automaker For Greener Pastures
Dennis Cuneo, the 55-year-old Senior veep of ToMoCo NorAm, has made the "decision" to "leave the company" after a 22-year stretch with the #1 super best automaker from the land of the rising sun. Cuneo will be heading back to the Washington DC law firm of Arent, Fox — but will still be working to advise ToMoCo on manufacturing site selection. So why's Cuneo going back to his old law firm to basically be paid by Toyota to continue doing his job, but from outside the company? Well, none of the industry press folks seem willing to speculate, but we'll put it to you this way — when Automotive News finished reporting the above facts, they immediately dropped the following paragraph into their three-paragraph article: More »
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Sue You, Bitches! California Takes Six Automakers To Court Over Greenhouse Gases
California's Attorney General, Bill "Sue First, Sue Second, Sue Later" Lockyer filed a lawsuit today against a group of automakers he's calling "The Big Six" — General Motors, Toyota, Ford, DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group, Honda NorAm and Nissan NorAm — in an effort to "hold manufacturers liable for the damages caused by greenhouse gases that their products emit...and the adverse impacts on California." We're also hearing Bill "Trial Lawyer" Lockyer next plans on suing Joe Rogan for polluting reality television, Microsoft for polluting computers with software making them go slower and lastly, he'll be going after the world's dolphins for pooping in our tuna. Full press release after the jump. More »
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Jim Press-ing On After Toyota Sex Scandal
We think it was ironic Jim Press, the newly minted President and Chief Executive of Toyota Motor North America, was scheduled to speak at today's Inforum luncheon at the Atheneum Hotel in Detroit. Especially because the only reason he was speaking as Prez rather than as President of Toyota Motor Sales USA was because of the alleged dalliances of the previous Chief Executive. We're of course talking about Hideaki Otaka, alleged to have made repeated, unwanted Clinton-esque advances against his former executive assistant, Sayaka Kobayashi. Kobayashi has dropped a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court for $40 million in damages. Sounds to us like Mr. Press had a pretty tight rope to tread this afternoon. Why such a tight rope? Well, the old name for Inforum was the Womens Economic Club of Metro Detroit. Lucky for Mr. Press, he seems to have done pretty well — hit the jump if you'd like the full remarks. More »
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Toyota's Otaka Is Totally Feeling It
Sorry for not being "on top" of this one already. And by "on top" of this one we mean...ahem. Right. Well, Toyota's North American CEO is totally alleged of "feeling it" in recent court documents filed in New York State Court. And by "feeling it" we mean of course, his hand feeling her...ahem. Right. Well, the lawsuit was filed by Sayaka Kobayashi, a personal assistant to Toyota's NorAm CEO Hideaki "Harry" Otaka. And by "Harry" we mean...ahem. Right. Well, the suit's asking for $190 million and before we get into any trouble of our own, let's just throw you a toss to the article below. And by "toss"... More »
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Dirty, Dirty War: Ford Sued for Kidnapping, Torture in Argentina
A story that rivals papa Henry's Nazi medal for Things Ford Most Wants to Forget has surfaced once again. A group of former union organizers in Argentina has filed a civil suit against FoMoCo and its Argentine subsidiary claiming the men were kidnapped and tortured inside the company's plant in the dawning years of that country's military dictatorship and subsequent "Dirty War" of 1976-1983. The workers, who had filed a similar criminal suit against Ford Argentina in 2003, claim they were beaten, tortured by electric shocks and subjected to mind-fuck techniques favored by the junta of the time. (To be fair, Ford's not the only company who has faced such charges; Mercedes Benz's Argentine affiliate was accused of the same kind of anti-union violence.) See kids, those unaware of history are doomed to repeat it — and that doesn't just apply to the 1977 Pinto Cruising Wagon. More »
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Pre-owned Honda Civic Owner v. State Farm: All Rise, Court Is Now in Session
For a wronged consumer, facing down insurance companies (motto: what we don't own, you don't freaking need) in court is daunting. But the fear of a flannel-suited squadron of lawyers isn't stopping one guy from attempting to wring satisfaction out of State Farm. It seems the man bought a certified pre-owned Honda Civic whose pre-ownership, the man later discovered, included being totaled and sold as salvage back into the market. At auction, State Farm had left off the car's salvage history — along with those of 30,000 other wrecks — an incident that ended in a cash settlement with the State of Pennsylvania. That settlement provided the Civic owner with $2700 to offset the loss in value of his (now valueless) $14,000 Civic. Nice try, State Farm. See you in court. And you can have your keychain back thank you very much. More »
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Bridgestone Pays Out $240 Million in Settlement with Ford
The hoard of liability lawyers representing two giant companies can finally relax, grab a smoke or maybe take in an afternoon on the back nine. Bridgestone Corp. yesterday announced it was paying FoMoCo $240 million in a settlement related to Ford's wide recall of Firestone tires in 2000 and 2001, back when the words "tread separation" really meant something. Four years ago, Ford replaced millions of Firestones — the failure of which was cited by the Feds in rollover accidents linked to numerous deaths and injuries — at a cost of $3 billion. The tires had been original equipment on its Explorer SUV. Ford and Bridgestone never saw eye-to-eye on the cause of the tire failure, Bridgestone saying Ford set the inflation too low to make up for a center-of-gravity deficiency, and Ford blaming the problem on poor quality at Bridgestone plants. More »
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