N.J. Judge Allows Fraud Claims to Proceed Against Volkswagen in Engine Defect Class Action

CAMDEN, N.J. - A New Jersey federal judge has refused to dismiss a majority of fraud claims in a putative class action accusing Volkswagen Group of America of concealing engine defects in certain models of its Audi vehicles that can cause catastrophic engine failure.

However, in the May 4 order, Judge Noel L. Hillman of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey found the plaintiffs lack standing to assert a claim on behalf of a putative nationwide class, and dismissed their claim for injunctive relief, finding the failed to show a plausible threat of a concrete, imminent …