Civil Litigation
Mar. 30, 2020
Volkswagen lawyers say mistrial claims are last-ditch, baseless
Awarded a fraction of what they were seeking, plaintiffs’ attorneys “now throw mud at a highly respected federal judge to try to obtain a do-over of a trial that did not deliver their desired windfall,” according to Volkswagen lawyer Robert Giuffra, Jr.
Volkswagen attorneys blasted an attempt by plaintiffs' counsel seeking a mistrial for vehicle owners, who refused the automaker's settlement arising out of the clean diesel emissions scandal, as a baseless and last-ditch effort to relitigate the case by alleging the judge was biased.
Awarded just a fraction of what they were seeking, plaintiffs' attorneys "now throw mud at a highly respected federal judge to try to obtain a do-over...
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