Tennessee residents who own Volkswagen vehicles affected by the company’s emissions scandal have a few options for compensation. “Consumers have choices in this settlement—this is our theme,” said Elizabeth Cabraser, court-appointed lead counsel and chair of the committee that negotiated the settlement on behalf of class members. “It’s the choices of the drivers that will shape and give …
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 …
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.
Thousands of Arizonans who own certain so-called “clean diesel” Volkswagen and Audi vehicles are eligible for compensation from a federal class action settlement over emissions claims. The German automaker agreed to buy back or fix the “clean diesel” vehicles and give out thousands of dollars to the owners, according to Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich. The affected cars include 2009 …
The class plaintiffs, the government and VW filed a proposed settlement agreement in court yesterday. I wanted to provide you with a copy of the proposed settlement agreement which is linked below. What follows is a quick overview of the settlement.
The Wyoming Attorney General today announced a settlement resolving claims that Volkswagen violated state laws prohibiting unfair or deceptive trade practices by marketing, selling and leasing diesel vehicles equipped with illegal and undisclosed defeat device software. This agreement is part of a series of coordinated state and federal settlements …
The German automaker agreed to buy back or fix “clean diesel” cars and compensate the owners for their trouble. The affected cars include 2009 through 2015 Volkswagen TDI diesel models of Jettas, Passats, Golfs, and Beetles as well as the TDI Audi A3. Owners will be paid full, pre-scandal fair market value for their vehicle, in addition to a cash payment of at least $5,100.
Owners of Honda Acura vehicles featuring the HandsFreeLink Bluetooth phone-pairing system are suing the automaker for a battery-draining defect that has plagued owners since at least 2005 despite Honda knowing about the issue, according to Hagens Berman. The class-action lawsuit states that Honda’s HandsFreeLink feature will get stuck on even if not in use and even …
Sony Settlement Gives PS3 Owners $9 After Company Made Console Less Useful Via Firmware Update from the just-renting dept We’ve noted countless times how in the modern computing era, you don’t really own what you think you own. You don’t really own the music or books that can arbitrarily disappear on your devices, and you no longer really own a wide variety of hardware that can be dramatically …
German automaker Volkswagen Group is expected to deliver a $10 billion settlement to cover government fines and compensate owners of vehicles fitted with software …