The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld Monday a $10 billion class action settlement against Volkswagen for a 2015 emissions cheating scandal.
Volkswagen has admitted to installing devices in certain models of their diesel vehicles to have them defeat US emissions tests. Anywhere from 10-40 times the legal amount of diesel fumes were being released into the air under normal operating conditions.
The action resulted in multiple class action lawsuits with nearly 500,000 people owning the affected vehicles.
The lawsuit questioned the certification of the class, the approval of the settlement, and the denial of a class member’s motion to opt out. All three points were approved and the settlement stands.
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(Published by Jurist, Jul 09, 2018)