Civil Litigation
Mar. 4, 2020
VW scores win against objectors’ ‘clean diesel’ claims
A San Francisco federal jury handed Volkswagen AG an early victory Tuesday by awarding just $5,727 in compensatory damages to 10 plaintiffs who refused to accept the car company’s settlement in a consumer fraud case involving its ‘clean diesel’ vehicles that included devices that gamed emissions testing procedures.
A federal jury handed Volkswagen AG an early victory Tuesday by awarding just $5,727 in compensatory damages to 10 plaintiffs who refused to accept the car company's settlement in a consumer fraud case involving its 'clean diesel' vehicles that included devices that gamed emissions testing procedures.
A group of 350 objectors rejected a settlement with Volkswagen, opting to seek damages separately instead. But the jury awarded a sma...
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