Cartel suspicion: US class action lawsuits against German car manufacturers are bundled

A judge will decide in the USA about the lawsuits for the cartel suspicion against German car companies. VW, Daimler and BMW are accused of forbidden collusion.

Cartel suspicion: US class action lawsuits against German car manufacturers are bundled

DieSammelklagen for cartel suspicion against DenVolkswagen Corporation, Daimler and BMW are being negotiated in a court in US city of San Francisco. As ZuständigenRichter appointed a Justice committee last week denbereits for lawsuits ImAbgasskandal responsible Charles Breyer. The German Autoherstellernwerden has been accused of decades of forbidden collusion, which, among or things, should have led to inflated prices.

The bundling of cases at a court site is intended to simplify procedure. The Anschuldigungenin of lawsuits read largely congruent Undbasieren mainly on a story of news magazine DerSpiegel, which also reported on merger of lawsuits in California. The VW Group also indicted subsidiaries Audi, Porsche and Bentley. In addition, Bosch is accused in at least one of suppliers.

The Absprachensollen have taken place since nineties and than 200 employees of companies have voted in over 60 working groups. All areas of car development – gasoline UndDieselmotoren, brakes, clutches and transmissions – were affected by DenAbsprachen. Agreements were also conducted on exhaust gas purification derDieselfahrzeuge.

Date Of Update: 14 October 2017, 12:02
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