Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has retained Fasken to represent it in numerous putative class action proceedings respecting the diesel fuel emission systems in two models of FCA vehicles.
The plaintiffs alleged that the emission systems in these vehicles are designed in such a way as to perform differently under regulatory testing conditions than in real life operation, with the result that the vehicles met regulatory testing requirements but then emit more diesel emissions when operated in real life.
A team led by Peter Pliszka and including Antonio Di Domenico, Zohaib Maladwala, Caroline Youdan, Robin Roddey and Noah Boudreau achieved a dismissal of the plaintiff’s motion for certification.
