the legal aftermath of the affair exhaust manipulation is probably nowhere as dangerous as in the United States for the Volkswagen Group. More than 500 civil lawsuits have been filed here on behalf of consumers. These lawsuits were recently bundled in a court in San Francisco in order to accelerate the process. Now the 22 lead lawyers have filed a new consolidated action before that court.
Author: Roland Lindner, economics correspondent in New York.
This action is directed not only against VW, but also against the subsidiaries Audi and Porsche, whose cars have also been drawn into the affair. The plaintiffs’ lawyers also want to personally draw a number of managers to account. the former CEO Martin Winterkorn and the charge of the American business of the automaker Michael Horn were As in past actions it called, in addition but also the current CEO Matthias Müller this time is listed, who assumed his post after becoming aware of the manipulation. Even Audi CEO Rupert Stadler is among the defendants. In addition to the VW group, the action is also aimed at the supplier Bosch and its CEO Volkmar Denner.
In the more than 700 pages long application throw the lawyers VW “one of the most brazen crimes of a company in the history” before , The manufacturer’s success was based on fraud, and the only real innovation in those involved in the scandal diesel vehicles is the “dirty game” was that VW had operated here. It said the fraud had not only led to a financial loss for the owners of diesel vehicles. Rather, the pollution caused by cars has cost human lives. The lawsuit cites inter alia on a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, after 59 deaths were due “illegal cars”. In this study also had the environmental damage $ 450 million has been estimated.
The lawsuit requires no specific amount of compensation from VW. But the lawyers have a whole list of demands in no doubt that they want to fight for an extensive compensation. You do not want just regular compensation, but also so-called “punitive damages”, ie an additional penalty, which goes beyond the damage suffered. They also call for a “comprehensive program” for repair “and / or” to buy back the vehicles concerned.
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Martin Winterkorn is accused in the lawsuit that he had the “fraudulent scheme” from VW set in motion, in that he had retained despite technical hurdles to its strategy of sales in America by an expansion of business with diesel cars increase. Winterkorn had “known or reckless manner disregarded” that software will used to circumvent emissions standards in the cars. The latter allegation is also made Matthias Müller and Rupert Stadler. Bosch is accused VW knowingly supplied with the system is the basis of cheat software.
VW did not want to request to comment on the content of the action. A spokesman said only, the company is currently looking into the application. The automaker hopes to curb the legal threat from these civil actions with the American star lawyer Kenneth Feinberg. Feinberg was hired in December to negotiate comparisons with owners of the affected vehicles and diesel to bring it in order to refrain from actions. Beyond these civil actions to VW also provides a suit of the US Department of Justice against that could lead to heavy fines.
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