(ANSA-AP) - BERLIN, NOVEMBER 1 - A German consumer group has
filed a suit against Volkswagen that aims to establish a right
to compensation for car owners affected by the automaker's
diesel emissions scandal. The Federation of German Consumer
Organizations filed the case to a court in Braunschweig under
new rules that came into force Thursday allowing a form of
class-action suit. The new system was prompted in part by the
Volkswagen scandal.
A top official with the consumer federation, Klaus Mueller,
said that "Volkswagen cheated and owes the affected consumers
compensation. We now want to establish that in court." The court
must examine the suit before individual consumers can join it.
The scandal over Volkswagen's use of software to turn emissions
controls off when vehicles were not being tested erupted in
2015. (ANSA-AP).
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