VW Settles Emissions Suits With Two States As Cert Petition Languishes

Volkswagen (VW) has settled separate lawsuits filed by New Hampshire and Montana over claims that the company installed illegal defeat devices in its diesel passenger vehicles to cheat emissions tests, even as it waits for the Supreme Court to decide whether it will hear the company’s claims that such suits are pre-empted by the Clean Air Act. In the two settlements, announced Sept. 27, VW agreed to pay relatively small amounts of money to the two states equating to $280...