California Class Action Attorneys

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a November 2, 2015 notice to Volkswagen, that it had discovered 10,000 Volkswagen, Porsche and Audi clean diesel cars, model year 2014 – 2016 were equipped with devices designed to defeat EPA violations.  The devices allowed these automobiles to pollute the environment 10 to 40 times the legal limit.

Owners of these vehicles, may be able to recover money and other damages allowed by the law from Volkswagen:

• Audi A3 (2010-2015)
• Audi A6 Quattro (2014-2016)
• Audi A7 Quattro (2014-2016)
• Audi A8/A8L (2014-2016)
• Audi Q5 (2014-2016)
• Audi Q7 (2013-2015)
• Porsche Cayenne (2014-2016)
• Volkswagen Beetle, Beetle Convertible (2012-2015)
• Volkswagen Golf (2010-2015)
• Volkswagen Golf SportWagen (2015)
• Volkswagen Jetta, Jetta SportWagen (2009-2015)
• Volkswagen Passat (2012-2015)
• Volkswagen Touareg (2013-2016)

The law firm of Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis, LLP is taking Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche to court.  The firm already represents owners of the impacted vehicles in national class action lawsuits against Volkswagen.

To get more information on these class action lawsuits and learn how you can participate in the recover of damages please go here to learn more.

The Volkswagen diesel emission fraud scandal appears to affect about 482,000 VW sold in the United States.  In an effort to placate and ease tensions with its dealers and customers, VW offered to give $1000 in gift cards and credits to its customers.

All registered owners and lessee of a Volkswagen diesel car as of November 8, 2015 have until April 30, 2016 to register for the $500 gift card, $500 in credits for service or products from a dealer, and three years of free 24 hours road side assistance.  After you register for the benefits, you have to take your car to a dealer to activate your gift card to prove that you are a registered owner.

The gesture is an attempt by VW to win back some goodwill for the company as a result of the emission cheating fraud software.  This might be a good step in the minds of some customers but to California class action attorneys like Peter Bezek, who is seeking to obtain class action status against Volkswagen, this isn’t enough.  Mr. Bezek believes that VW must buy back the vehicles for the price the customers originally paid for them.

If he is right on his legal position, this can get very costly for VW not just in the United States but world wide where some many as 11 million VW and Audi cars are involved in the fraud.

You can read more of Mr. Bezek’s interview in the Los Angeles Times on the VW diesel fraud scandal by clicking here.

 

Southern California is always a hot bed for class action claims and law suits involving consumer protection areas of law.  It’s not too surprising since California is home to some of the largest cities in the United States.  Cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego.

California is also usually at the forefront of many of the advance consumer protection laws so you will typically see many class action attorneys taking advantage of these legislation to protect consumer against the fraud and tortuous conducts of many businesses.

Southern California also has many intelligent and progressive judges who are well versed on all areas of law as they were practicing lawyers prior to becoming a judge so we have a combination of factors that makes it very beneficial to bring class action law suits.

Consequently, it is very easy to find highly qualified attorneys who represent both Plaintiff and Defendants in class action claims.