Law360, Los Angeles (April 27, 2017, 6:34 PM EDT) -- A California federal judge Thursday signed off on a $9.75 million fee request from lawyers who secured a settlement valued at $3.4 billion from Toyota Motor Co. to resolve claims of rust-prone truck frames, saying everything “looks good” with the settlement and fee request. At a brief hearing in downtown Los Angeles, U.S. District Judge Fernando Olguin said he would approve both a motion for attorneys' fees and a motion for final approval of the settlement, which has Toyota providing inspections for the approximately 1.5 million Tacoma, Tundra and Sequoia trucks possibly affected by the defect, as well as the replacement...

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