Volkswagen Settles Emissions Lawsuit in U.S.<br />Michael Melkersen, a Virginia lawyer who represented David Doar, the North Carolina man, along with more than<br />300 other Volkswagen diesel owners in the United States, said the case had been dismissed by agreement.<br />The settlement, on Friday, came days after a Virginia state court judge, Bruce D. White, rejected a request by the German automaker to delay the trial<br />because of what it called “inflammatory” comments made by a lawyer representing car owners.<br />WASHINGTON — Volkswagen’s unit in the United States has settled a lawsuit brought by a North<br />Carolina man whose car was equipped with software that concealed excess diesel emissions.<br />Mr. Doar bought a 2014 diesel Jetta for $23,700 and had rejected a settlement offer from a 2016 class-action agreement<br />that would have reimbursed him for the value of the vehicle.<br />Mr. Doar had sued Volkswagen over fraud and unfair trade practice claims and sought punitive damages as well as compensation for the vehicle.<br />The first trial in the United States could have resulted in testimony by current and former company executives and additional negative publicity.
