Anyone who had six or more CRS-related repairs done to a Caterpillar ACERT engine is eligible for $10,000. A settlement has been reached in the class-action lawsuit that alleged Caterpillar’s 2007-2010 year model ACERT C13 and C15 engines were defective, driving up costs for owners and driving down resale value. Cat’s ACERT engines were introduced as the company’s alternative to exhaust-gas …
Kentuckians who bought Volkswagen’s “clean diesel” cars will receive restitution, and the state will get millions to offset pollution. The details of the settlement were announced Tuesday. Dozens of class action lawsuits were filed last year after the German car company admitted it had rigged many of its vehicles to cheat emissions tests.
Volkswagen has agreed to pay Texas $50 million in connection with the German automaker’s admitted peddling of diesel vehicles rigged to surpass emissions limits, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday. The partial settlement is part of a larger, multi-billion dollar agreement unveiled Tuesday that awards hundreds of millions of dollars to dozens of states and includes a $10 billion buy- …
The millions allocated to Alaska are based on the number of vehicles sold in the state. The law department says there were 1,245 affected Volkswagen and Audi 2.0 liter diesel vehicles here. That money will go to consumer protection enforcement and education at the direction of the attorney general, said assistant attorney general Davyn Williams.
Volkswagen has reached an agreement in one of the largest class-action settlements the United States has ever seen. The hefty $14.7 billion sum is the result of the manufacturer settling with customers affected by its diesel emissions cheating scandal — which proved Volkswagen deliberately equipped roughly 475,000 diesel cars with software that bluffed emissions regulations for years, and …
A landmark lawsuit alleging sex discrimination based on sexual orientation has been settled for more than $200,000, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday. The EEOC said in a statement that Pallet Companies, doing business as IFCO Systems, will pay just over $182,000 to Yolanda Boone, who alleged she was fired after complaining that her supervisor made comments …
Former Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown received $600,000 from video-game maker Electronic Arts to dismiss a case brought by the Pro Football Hall of Famer for his unauthorized appearance in the company’s “Madden” video game. The judgment, which was announced Tuesday by Hagens Berman, the firm representing him, will …
A civil lawsuit filed against Joseph Taylor Hughes was settled the same day Hughes was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for the beating of his longtime girlfriend, Shawnee County District Court records show. The civil lawsuit, which was tied to the victim’s injuries, was to have appeared Monday in Shawnee County District Court for a hearing to establish the monetary damages sustained …
Volkswagen owners can finally dump their cheatin’ cars, if they want to. The German automaker has agreed to an unprecedented U.S. settlement to make things right after admitting that it programmed about half a million of its diesel cars to cheat on emissions tests. When driven on the road, the vehicles put out levels of nitrogen oxide well above U.S. pollution standards.
Des Moines’ franchise fee debate is close to its conclusion after nearly a decade, but Des Moines residents are still waiting for refunds from the franchise fee settlement. Get breaking news and weather alerts anywhere you go with the free KCCI 8 News App. Those who paid a utility bill in the city between 2004 and 2009 may quality.