Bloomberg Law
December 22, 2016, 2:24 PM UTC

VW Litigation Shows How the U.S. System Is Better for Plaintiffs

Karin Matussek

By Karin Matussek, BloombergBusinessweek

Andreas Tilp was born in Plochingen, Germany, studied law a short train ride away in Tübingen, and works in the neighboring town of Kirchentellinsfurt. In what could be the biggest case of his decades of practice, he’s representing hundreds of clients in a lawsuit against that most German of companies, Volkswagen, which will be heard in a courtroom in Braunschweig, a 45-minute drive from VW’s headquarters. Sometimes, Tilp wishes he were American. “The German system is totally hostile to plaintiffs,” he says in the converted 1920s textile mill that serves as his office. “It’s no surprise ...

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