Two prominent law firms filed a federal class action on Friday in Los Angeles against Volkswagen A.G. on behalf of South Korean consumers, making it the first case of its kind against an automaker in the United States.
The case, filed by Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Seattle’s Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, is one of more than 300 consumer class actions brought against Volkswagen but the first filed on behalf of customers outside the United States, where 482,000 diesel vehicles made since 2009 are believed to have a “defeat device” installed in them designed to cheat emissions test.
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