In Canada, protracted legal disputes can now be avoided compared to the fact that the Stuttgart Group owes approximately 250 million Canadian dollars (175 million euros), as the DAX Group announced Friday evening in Stuttgart. The agreement affects approximately 83,000 Mercedes diesel vehicles. This agreement has not yet been approved by the courts of Canada. Along with the cash payment, Daimler is getting a class action lawsuit by Canadian consumers, including Mercedes-Benz diesel cars from model years 2009 to 2016 and Sprinter-type light diesel commercial vehicles from 2010 to 2016.
Daimler continues to refute the plaintiffs’ main allegations and seeks to avoid legal and financial risks by paying the money. Daimler has already drawn comparisons with plaintiffs and authorities, including those in the United States, when the company filed a settlement of more than US$2 billion in the fall of last year to settle civil law fines from the US Justice Department and class action lawsuits. Payment was agreed upon. To be attached, among other things, from car owners. In Germany, the Stuttgart Public Prosecutor had budgeted approximately 870 million euros in the context of the Diesel case two years ago due to a negligent breach of supervisory duties.
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