The Supreme court judge and strengthens nevertheless, the VW customers in the diesel scandal to the back. Why this is so and why the evaluation is preliminary, explained to the ARD-legal editorial office.
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What has been expressed by the Supreme court?
It’s going to be a lawsuit against a VW dealer. It is not a claim for compensation against VW, which wants to bring the right service provider MyRight soon before the Federal court of justice and the higher regional court of Braunschweig at the beginning of the week had to be decided. The Federal court of justice clarifies questions, in addition, only two individual.
What was the case?
The plaintiff has purchased in July of 2015, at a dealership in Bayreuth, a new VW Tiguan. In the car the illegal disconnection device that reduces the flue-gas cleaning in the normal operation on the road and thus increased emissions of harmful nitrogen oxides is installed. The plaintiff holds the car, therefore, defective. He wants the dealer takes the car back to him for a new – without the Cheat software. By the motor vehicle Federal office required a Software Update he can’t play. The dispute is the Problem now: The vehicle will only be produced in a newer Version. But this begs the question: Has the plaintiff made a claim to a new model? Originally, the Diesel had sued the buyer in addition to the VW dealer the car maker. The lower courts had dismissed the action and the appeal to the Federal court was not approved.
