Clendenen v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 NICHOLAS BENIPAYO, et al., Case No. 15-md-02672-CRB 9 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND 10 v. DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 11 VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC., et al., 12 Defendants. 13 This case arises from Volkswagen’s evasion of United States and California emissions 14 standards by equipping “clean diesel” vehicles with hidden defeat devices that gamed emissions 15 testing procedures. The majority of the civil suits against Volkswagen were resolved by a pair of 16 settlements…