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A federal judge says a Minnesota man
incarcerated after a 2006 fatal crash involving a Toyota Camry who
was later cleared can't collect damages from the automaker for the
time he spent in prison.


      In a pretrial order Monday, Judge Ann Montgomery ruled that Koua
Fong Lee was wrongly convicted due to a long chain of actions and
decisions by prosecutors, his attorney, the judge and the jury.
Given how all these factors came together, she writes, none of
Toyota's alleged actions can be considered a "substantial factor"
in bringing about Lee's incarceration.


      But Montgomery is letting other parts of lawsuits resulting from
the crash go forward for now, including injury claims by Lee and
his relatives, other injured crash victims, and survivors of people
killed in the crash.

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A federal judge says a Minnesota man
incarcerated after a 2006 fatal crash involving a Toyota Camry who
was later cleared can't collect damages from the automaker for the
time he spent in prison.
But she is letting other parts of lawsuits resulting from the crash move forward.

Judge lets lawsuits from Toyota crash move forward

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