Volkswagen Must Pay Emissions-Cheating Compensation, Top German Court Says -Reuters

--Germany's Federal Court of Justice on Monday ruled against car maker Volkswagen AG, and said people who purchased vehicles with emission-cheating software are entitled to compensation, Reuters reports.

--The ruling was the first case brought by a car owner in Germany over Volkswagen's emissions-test cheating, and paves the way for thousands more German Volkswagen customers to claim compensation if their vehicles were fitted with devices that could manipulate emissions testing, according to Reuters.

--The case is related to the scandal that erupted in 2015 when Volkswagen admitted it equipped millions of vehicles world-wide with software that would allow them to dodge emissions testing.

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May 25, 2020 06:16 ET (10:16 GMT)

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