Three Volkswagen dealerships owned by the Illinois-based Napleton Automotive Group sued the automaker Wednesday, defying a VW dealer council effort to dissuade retailers from using courts to tackle grievances caused by the automaker’s diesel-emissions crisis.The 111-page lawsuit seeks class-action status and accuses VW of defrauding retailers, according to a statement from Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, the Seattle-based law firm representing the Napleton dealerships.
Hagens Berman also represents thousands of VW diesel owners who have sued the automaker following the 6-month-old scandal.
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