MADRID — A Spanish courtroom has ordered Volkswagen to pay 16.3 million euros ($19.8 million) in compensation to individuals in Spain who purchased automobiles with emissions-cheating gadgets put in, shopper group OCU stated.
VW will enchantment the ruling, an organization spokesman stated.
After a five-year authorized battle, a Madrid courtroom discovered that VW had engaged in anti-competitive enterprise practices and ordered the automaker to pay 3,000 euros in damages to every OCU member affected, the group stated in an announcement on Monday.
VW admitted in 2015 to utilizing unlawful software program to cheat U.S. diesel engine exams, a scandal that has to date price it greater than $30 billion in car refits, fines and provisions. Practically all U.S. homeowners of affected automobiles agreed to participate in a $25 billion settlement in 2016.
Final yr Germany’s highest courtroom for civil disputes dominated that VW had to pay compensation to homeowners of autos with rigged diesel engines within the nation.