More car owners than anticipated have connected to the pattern declaratory action against VW. There are different opinions as to whether the proceedings interrupts the Statute of limitations for all diesel affair affected VW driver.
More than 300,000 owners of Volkswagen cars of the group for damages. Up to the 28. December had registered 294.000 owners of vehicles with modified exhaust emission control in the list for the pattern for a declaratory judgment (MFK), said the spokesman of the Federal office for justice, Thomas otterbach. In the three days up to the 31. December had signed up many more people from the Federal list. The action is thus driven by significantly more than 300,000 people.
the action of the Federation of German consumer organisations (vzbv) had Filed. He drew a positive balance: With such a big resonance has not been calculated, said Ronny Jahn by the Association.
According to the previous reading of the claims against Volkswagen Statute-barred on 31. December. The Grand coalition had set for the end of 2018 looming Statute of limitations in its coalition contract, that the MFK-law no later than 1. November 2018 and should come into force. On this day, the vzbv filed a lawsuit at the higher regional court of Braunschweig.
