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Almost five years after Volkswagen’s admission to cheating on regulatory emissions tests involving millions of cars, Germany’s top court will on Monday finally rule in a battle over compensation for tens of thousands of affected owners.
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In an early May hearing, judges at the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) said there was a chance for at least partial compensation for some VW buyers, saying they had indeed been harmed by purchasing a manipulated vehicle.
If their colleagues at the Federal Constitutional Court (BVG) agree in a ruling issued from 0900 GMT, tens of thousands of cases demanding financial compensation could be brought to a close in the coming months.
Such a ruling would be the first major legal setback for VW in its home country, although the scandal has helped drag the entire car sector — one of Germany’s most vital — into a historic crisis.
In recent weeks, an out-of-court settlement covering hundreds of thousands of cases and the closure of criminal proceedings already drew a line under the biggest domestic risks for the sprawling car group from the “Dieselgate” scandal.
Monday’s hearing specifically concerns a case brought by 65-year-old Herbert Gilbert, who bought a diesel-powered Volkswagen Sharan minivan in 2014 — just one of the 11 million cars worldwide fitted with cheating software by the carmaker.
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