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Volswagen's Diesel Emission Cheating Litigation in the US and its Implication
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미국에서의 폴크스바겐의 자동차 배기가스 사기소송과 시사점

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Jong-Goo Lee (단국대학교)
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Korea Business Law Association BUSINESS LAW REVIEW Vol.30 No.3 (Wn.66) KCI Accredited Journals
Published
2016.9
Pages
271 - 301 (31page)
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10.24886/BLR.2016.09.30.3.271

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This paper analyzed Volkswagen’s emission cheating litigations filed by the US federal and state governments and consumers. On September, 3, 2015, Volkswagens Group, one of the largest auto makers, admitted to the US EPA and CARB staff that hundreds of its diesel vehicles were equipped with software being used to cheat on emissions. The software is a kind of defeat device to bypass or defeat elements of vehicles’ emission control system. The manufacture and installation of defeat device is rigidly prohibited in most countries. Immediately, Volkswagen became the target of regulatory and criminal investigations in the US and multiple countries. The US DOJ, the FTC and many states, led by California, filed lawsuits against Volkswagen for violating their environmental laws or consumer protection laws. In addition, approximately 500 consumer class actions were filed against Volkswagen in the US.
Nine months after the Volkswagen emission scandal was uncovered, Volkswagen announced that it has reached a partial settlement agreement with them. In the settlement, Volkswagen promised to spend up to $14.7 Billion to compensate consumers and reduce NOx. However, Volkswagen announced that it had no plan to pay consumers compensation in Europe and Korea. Treating consumers in Korea differently than US consumers is very unfair. The twofold attitude of Volkswagen resulted from the different legal system between the US and Korea. The United States’ emission standard is much more rigid than that of Korea. In addition, korea do not have the US-style class action and punitive damages. This paper proposed that Korea need to strengthen the emission standard and its test procedure, and introduce the US-style class action and punitive damages to deter businesses’ intentional crimes and fully compensate consumers.

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Ⅰ. 서론
Ⅱ. 폴크스바겐 소송의 발단과 경위
Ⅲ. 폴크스바겐 소송의 유형별 고찰
Ⅳ. 폴크스바겐 소송의 화해내용
Ⅴ. 폴크스바겐 소송의 합의와 시사점
Ⅵ. 결론
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