In the wake of the tremendous debacle concerning Volkswagen cars sold since 2008, today its CEO resigned – or some say forced out – for his mishandling of the situation. VW’s global CEO Martin Winterkorn, an engineer, told the press that he had no knowledge of the diesel engine dupe, but apologized to the public and accepted responsibility after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) discovered the fraud that appears to have been intentional. The…
The class action lawsuit filed on behalf of owners of Volkswagen diesel-engine vehicles has garnered quite a bit of press, even around the globe, especially considering that the German car maker has admitted that up to 11 million vehicles worldwide may be affected by the “defeat devices.” Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at the firm, spoke to the Chicago Tribune as well as to several other media outlets that resulted in stories that…
Several media outlets have interviewed Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, on yesterday’s filing of a class action lawsuit in federal district court on behalf of a Chicago man and an Indiana man who own Jettas. The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Illinois federal district court, alleged numerous allegations against the world’s largest automaker for its deceptive and fraudulent business practices regarding the diesel engine cars it sold…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reportedly is expanding its search into the so-called “defeat devices” in all diesel engine cars in the country. Industry Week is reporting that the scandal surrounding Volkswagen’s deception regarding its diesel engine cars may impact 11 million cars worldwide, according to The New York Times in a story today (Sept. 22, 2015). And industry reports are saying that the EPA may be expanding its emissions probe to other car…
Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke at length to Bloomberg Business reporter Alan Levin in a story, “Volkswagen Owners Want Payback.” (Sept. 21, 2015) Clifford spoke about the disappointment of the dozens of people who have called his office in the wake of the deceptive and untruthful advertising as well as its apparent intentional dishonest conduct in stating the environmentally friendly diesel engine models were, in fact, quite the…
Clifford Law Offices, a leading mass tort/class action firm based in Chicago, today filed a complaint against Volkswagen on behalf of hundreds of thousands of people who have been duped by the German car maker in buying several environmentally friendly cars when, in fact, they were not. The 20-page complaint alleges deceptive and fraudulent business practices as well as violations of the Clean Air Act, EPA regulations and state consumer fraud statutes in Illinois and…
Clifford Law Offices is handling a number of cases involving the highly controversial Volkswagen and Audi diesel engine scheme for which the car maker’s CEO has already apologized. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency learned of the scam where software apparently was created that could fool emissions tests while spewing up to 40 times the legal limit of the pollutant nitrogen oxide into the environment, yet called these vehicles environmental friendly. Up to a half million…
Clifford Law Offices, a nationally recognized personal injury and wrongful death law firm and also a leader in various class action cases, is handling cases involving the VW/Audi diesel engine scheme involving nearly a half million vehicles sold since 2008. Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at the firm, recently was appointed co-lead counsel by U.S. District Court Judge James B. Zagel of the Northern District of Illinois “as class counsel for his demonstrated…
Volkswagen’s CEO has apologized for cheating on emission standards of various models that it claimed had “clean diesel” engines that delivered better performance and low emissions, when, in fact, the car maker was accused last week of defrauding environmental regulators. Martin Winterkorn issued the statement Sunday (Sept. 20, 2015), adding that VW is cooperating with authorities and has commissioned an external probe, according to The Wall Street Journal. The German car maker also reportedly has…