Legal Opinion
In re Toyota Unintended Acceleration Litigation
Texas Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided July 12, 2010No. 10-0342PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*893ON REVIEW BY THE MULTIDIS-TRICT LITIGATION PANEL
Chief Justice WRIGHT
delivered the unanimous opinion of the MDL Panel.
Toyota has filed a motion to transfer fifteen pending lawsuits for consolidated pretrial proceedings. Plaintiffs in thirteen of the lawsuits join Toyota in its motion. They contend that all of these cases share multiple common issues of fact. Movants believe that consolidated and coordinated pretrial proceedings will eliminate duplica-tive discovery, avoid conflicting legal rulings, conserve judicial resources, serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses, and promote the…
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