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Posted on September 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleGermany's Federal Court of Justice has overturned a lower court's decision supporting VW's dieselgate insurance settlement, requiring a retrial.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany's top appeals court quashed on Tuesday a lower court's decision to back a settlement by Volkswagen over directors' and officers' liability insurance coverage in the so-called dieselgate case.
The Federal Court of Justice said that the lower court would have to hear the case again and decide on legal challenges against annual general meeting votes in favor of liability settlements with former management board members.
(Reporting by Ludwig BurgerEditing by Madeline Chambers)
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