Toyota class action suit to start with Utah case

A federal judge expects the first lawsuit to go to trial in a massive class action against Toyota Motor Corp. over a sudden acceleration problem that led the company to recall 14 million cars will involve a crash that killed two people in Utah.

U.S. District Judge James Selna told attorneys Friday that the case of Paul Van Alfen and Charlene Jones Lloyd — whose Toyota Camry slammed into a wall in Wendover, Utah, in 2010 — will go to trial in early 2013.