Trial to determine whether the manufacturers’ conduct impacted claimants and, if that answer is yes, the level of compensation claimants should receive.
Trial for closing submissions relating to the October 2025 trial.
Trial to determine whether Mercedes vehicles contained prohibited defeat devices.
The Court sets directions to trial and listed trials in the case for October 2024, October 2025, Spring 2026 and October 2026.
Trial to determine whether findings by the German regulator, the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt) should be binding on the English courts and whether subsequent findings of German courts, where Mercedes appeals the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt findings, should be binding on the English courts.
The Mercedes case was joined with other emissions cases for joint case management by the Court. Mercedes is a “lead case”, alongside claims against Ford, Nissan/Renault, and Peugeot/Citroën.
The Court made a Group Litigation Order, which means that the litigation against Mercedes will proceed as a group claim. Hausfeld’s historic role as a member of the Steering Committee, alongside four other law firms to manage the litigation, was officially recognised by the Court. On 14 November 2024, the Court handed down a judgment in the claimants’ favour whereby the English courts will not be bound by findings of the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt. Claimants and courts in England can, however, rely on the mandatory recall decisions which establish the presence of prohibited defeat devices in certain Mercedes vehicles, which Mercedes are required to remove. This is a positive development in the case.
Hausfeld issued claims on behalf of thousands of consumers against Mercedes.
Mercedes-Benz and parent company, Daimler, say they will pay more than $3 billion USD (£2.3B) to settle diesel emissions cases in the United States.
Daily Express reports on the Mercedes Emissions Claim with the article, “Mercedes owners may be ‘eligible for compensation’ according to this former Top Gear host“.
Hausfeld launches investigation of claims on behalf of Mercedes customers.
German Federal Court announces that VW must pay compensation to German motorist for intentional immoral damage, following which VW announces that it will offer German motorists a one-off payment.
Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston issues opinion in a case pending at the European Court of Justice in which she makes clear that certain objectives do not justify the use of defeat devices.
German media outlet reported that the German transport authority investigating software used in smaller diesel engines installed in models such as the Mercedes A and B-Class.
German transport authority ordered Daimler to recall certain Mercedes van models. The notice affected vehicles of the predecessor model of the current Sprinter model including the Vito/Viano models.
The Stuttgart Prosecutor’s Office fined Daimler €870m for a negligent violation of the duty of supervision in a department of Daimler dealing with vehicle certification in the period from 2008, resulting in regulatory approvals being granted for diesel vehicles whose NOx emissions did not meet regulatory requirements. German media outlet reported that Daimler did not contest the fine.
German transport authority ordered Daimler to recall certain models which were found to contain an inadmissible switch-off device and/or impermissible reduction in the effectiveness of the emissions control system. Daimler reported that the criticised functionality was contained in a variety of models and that it would review the issue. In September 2019, the German transport authority extended the recall.
German transport authority ordered Daimler to recall 774,000 vehicles across Europe because they were fitted with inadmissible defeat devices.
Daimler announced that it would undertake “voluntary service action” to more than three million diesel vehicles in Europe to improve the NOx emissions of the vehicles.
Daimler instituted a voluntary recall of “compact class cars” with “one engine version”, including Mercedes V-Class and other models.
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