News in Brief June 23 – Hyundai, Chevrolet and More

Hyundai to Settle Lawsuit Over Stalling Santa Fes

Hyundai has agreed to pay $2,000 each to close to 77,000 people who owned or leased an allegedly defective Santa Fe vehicle. While the $2,000 can only be used as credit toward a new car, the company has also agreed to cover out-of-pocket repair expenses. The settlement, if approved, will end a lawsuit that claimed Hyundai hid a defect that caused 2010-2012 Santa Fes models to stall and encounter steering and braking issues.

PC Richard & Son Contract Class Action Dismissed

A proposed class action claiming that P.C. Richard & Son illegally left out specific terms from its contracts was dismissed on Tuesday. The lawsuit claimed that P.C. Richard violated New Jersey contract law by leaving out terminology regarding its appliance delivery service, but Judge William H. Walls found that the law only applied to terms added to contracts and not to those that were omitted.

Chevrolet Sued for Cruze’s Harmful Emissions

Chevrolet and its parent company General Motors have been hit with a proposed class action that says the company lied to customers about their “clean” diesel technology. According to the lawsuit, consumers purchased their Chevy Cruzes because the cars’ diesel emissions were on the lower side of the spectrum, but were, in reality, full of nitrogen oxide. Bad news all around. Allegedly, Chevy programmed the vehicles to have lower emissions, but only under specific conditions that rarely apply to everyday driving.

Jones Day Faces Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

Jones Day has been hit with a lawsuit claiming that it discriminated against workers based on their age and gender. Named plaintiff Cortney Nathanson claims that her superiors began to severely scrutinize her work after she returned from maternity leave – and eventually fired her. According to the complaint, several other Jones Day employees were fired as a part of a department “restructuring” effort, but believe they were really let go because they were older than 40.