In particular, the lawsuit alleges that Volkswagen widely promoted its diesel vehicles as having a clean burning engine while being more powerful and better performing vehicles than their gasoline counterparts. Those representations, it is alleged, allowed Volkswagen to charge a premium of thousands of dollars for vehicles equipped with a diesel engine when compared to the gasoline versions of those vehicles. The lawsuit goes on to allege that these vehicles in fact emitted up to 40 times the allowed level of pollutants under Canadian law, rendering the vehicles worthless in the marketplace.
The representative plaintiff in the class action, Mr. Eric Goodman, co-counsel for Mr. We have no doubt that there are thousands of Volkswagen owners across the country who feel the same way. In fact, it is estimated that there are in excess of , vehicles affected in Canada. The current understanding is that the affected vehicles include the following diesel models:. We suggest that if someone purchased or leased one of the affected vehicles, they may be part of the class if the action is certified as a class action.
If they would like to receive direct updates or notifications in this proceeding, they can let Mussio Goodman know by contacting them directly at amy mussiogoodman. In the meantime, we suggest that all potential class members retain any documents they have regarding the purchase or sale of their vehicles, or any repairs effected to bring the vehicles within emission compliance standards. Those documents may be necessary at a later stage of the proceedings.
Park BCCA In , our client was involved in an car accident which caused significant injuries and substantial wage loss over the following years. Prior to hiring our firm, she was represented by another lawyer during her initial trial in Unfortunately, and in part to several strategic and legal mistakes, our client was awarded only a fraction of what she sought, and what her claim is actually worth.
Understandably, our client sought to challenge what she believed was a miscarriage of justice. The Court of Appeal agreed that the trial judge was in error by allowing the jury to read several documents that were largely irrelevant to her case and only served to prejudice our client.
