OH Targets VW

Volkswagen, which is now subject to Ohio anti-tampering laws that carry the potential of hundreds of billions of dollars in damages…wants time to stop a state lawsuit, seeking those kinds of damages. At issue?…the 2015 scandal in which the automaker was found to have rigged its vehicles to cheat U.S. diesel emissions tests. The company ultimately paid more than $33 billion in fines and settlements. In the wake of the scandal, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office sued the company, alleging Volkswagen’s conduct…affecting about 14,000 vehicles sold or leased in Ohio…violated the state’s anti-air pollution law. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled last month…the federal Clean Air Act does not preclude Ohio from seeking its own compensation against Volkswagen.