The Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act is one of the most powerful consumer warranty laws in the United States. This act, together with a provision of the law known as the Tanner Consumer Protection Act, are commonly known as the California Lemon Law.
The Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) is a consumer fraud statute passed by the California state legislature in 1970. The CLRA is designed to prohibit “unfair or deceptive acts or practices” by businesses. The law gives consumers who are the victim of deceptive business practices a powerful tool to recover damages against automakers or businesses…
A recent study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has found that more than 200 vehicle models involving nearly all major auto manufacturers in Europe had excess levels of diesel emissions. The ICCT study found that emissions levels in these vehicles were so high as to indicate that an illegal emissions “defeat device”…
A California U.S. District Court judge has approved an $80 million settlement with Volkswagen and Porsche on behalf of nearly 500,000 consumers who purchased or leased Porsche gasoline-powered vehicles between 2005 and 2020. The plaintiffs in the litigation were represented by attorneys from Heygood Orr & Pearson and other firms.
The Texas medical device manufacturer Cyberonics has recalled its Model 106 AspireSR VNS Therapy generators over concerns about a risk of device failure. According to a warning letter issued by the company, software problems on the Cyberonics Model 106 generators may cause them to stop working, putting patients at risk of complications.
A California federal judge has ruled that hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto alleging that the company’s weed killer Roundup causes cancer can proceed to trial. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco ruled that there was enough evidence linking Roundup with an increased cancer risk to allow hundreds of lawsuits filed by cancer survivors…
Since the very beginning of the revelation of the Volkswagen “Dieselgate” scandal, the lawyers at HOP have been working diligently to uncover the details of the scandal, to determine the identity of exactly which entities and individuals were involved in fraud, and to bring justice to the consumers who were defrauded.
Volkswagen says that it will no longer test the effects of its diesel exhaust on animal subjects, the company has announced. VW had been embroiled in controversy following reports that the company had tested the effects of its “TDI Clean Diesel” engines on monkeys in a New Mexico laboratory.
Volkswagen has reached a $33 million deal with Maryland officials to settle emissions cheating allegations made by the state against the German automaker. Maryland authorities has alleged that Volkswagen violated state law by installing an emissions cheat device on diesel-powered VW, Audi, and Porsche models that were sold there.
A California federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss thousands of lawsuits filed against Chrysler over allegations of diesel emissions cheating by the company. Chrysler is currently facing claims filed by at least 150,000 Dodge RAM and Jeep Grand Cherokee diesel owners over allegations that Chrysler installed an emissions cheat device on these vehicles…
BMW is facing a class action lawsuit filed in New Jersey over allegations of emissions cheating involving its diesel-powered vehicles, including X5 and 330d models. The lawsuit – filed by BMW owners in Colorado, Maryland, and Pennsylvania – accuses BMW of installing an emissions cheat device on the affected cars in order to hide their…
A federal judge in Michigan has denied motions filed by General Motors and Robert Bosch Gmbh to dismiss a lawsuit over allegations of emissions cheating against the two companies. GM and Bosch are facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that the two companies installed emissions defeat devices on GMC and Chevrolet diesel trucks.