The first pattern for a declaratory judgment at all on runs: Up to the end of the year were able to register dupes customers of Volkswagen. You can claim compensation for the loss of value of your manipulated Diesel cars.
Cover of a diesel engine in a VW Golf (archive)
More than 300,000 customers of the car manufacturer Volkswagen participate in a damages suit. The automobile owners want to be compensated by the group for losses in value due to manipulated exhaust control systems in their diesel vehicles. Up to the 28. December had registered 294.000 VW driver in the list for the pattern for a declaratory judgment, the Reuters news Agency reported, citing the Federal office of justice (BfJ), which leads the list. In the last three days of the year, had logged many more people, so that now significantly more than 300,000 applicants to participate, confirmed a spokeswoman for the BfJ DW. The claims for damages time-barred at the end of the year, by the entry in the list, consumers were able to make it but still claim it.
The First of its kind
The lawsuit is the first pattern for a declaratory judgment, even after the civil legal Instrument 1. November was introduced. It was filed on the same day, by the verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband and the automobile club ADAC at the higher regional court of Braunschweig. The consumer protection Minister Katarina Barley (SPD), initiated the law only granted rights to certain associations in the lawsuit, only individual citizens can connect.
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