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Litigation

Sep. 23, 2015

Volkswagen test-rigging admissions prompts flurry of civil lawsuits

Now that Volkswagen AG has admitted to rigging emissions tests on nearly 500,000 of its cars, lawyers are eying a potential litigation bonanza, with the some of the first lawsuits appearing in California federal courts.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Volkswagen AG admitted to rigging emissions tests on nearly 500,000 of its cars, and
lawyers are now eying a potential litigation bonanza, with some of the first lawsuits
appearing during the past few days in California federal courts.


One proposed class action, filed Sunday in the Central District of California, accuses
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