IN RE VOLKSWAGEN "CLEAN DIESEL" MARKETING

No. 19-16361, No. 19-16362, No. 19-16363, No. 19-16376.

975 F.3d 770 (2020)

IN RE VOLKSWAGEN "CLEAN DIESEL" MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, Nicholas Benipayo, Plaintiff, and Farchione Motors, Inc., Claimant-appellant, v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Defendant-appellee. In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, Nicholas Benipayo, Plaintiff, and Autovid, LLC, Claimant-appellant, v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Defendant-appellee. In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, Nicholas Benipayo, Plaintiff, and Kennedy's Autos, LLC, Claimant-appellant, v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Defendant-appellee. In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, Nicholas Benipayo, Plaintiff, and Haddad Claimants, Claimant-appellant, v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Defendant-appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Cigavic III (argued), Basic Legal Services, San Francisco, California, for Claimants-Appellants Farchione Motors Inc., Autovid LLC, and Kennedy's Autos LLC.

Murray B. Silverstein (argued) and Jacob L. Boehner , Greenspoon Marder LLP, Tampa, Florida; Anthony A.B. Dogali (argued) and Barbara U. Uberoi , Dogali Law Group P.A., Tampa, Florida; for Claimants-Appellants the Haddad Claimants.

Diane L. McGimsey (argued), Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Los Angeles, California; Robert J. Giuffra Jr. , Sharon L. Nelles , William B. Monahan , Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York; for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: Mary M. Schroeder and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges, and Brian M. Morris, District Judge.


OPINION

It doesn't take a mechanic to understand this case. While ostensibly it involves whether certain vehicles meet specific criteria of operability and title to recover funds from a complex class action settlement, the heart of the dispute is simpler than that. Farchione Motors, Autovid Inc., Kennedy's Auto...

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