On April 1, 2024, the Court granted Final Approval of the Settlement and approved Class Counsel's motion for attorneys' fees and costs. You may review the documents on the Important Documents page. If you did not exclude yourself by February 22, 2024, you released Defendants and the Released Parties from liability for all Released Claims and will not be able to sue them about the issues in the lawsuit. Under the Settlement, "Released Claims" are defined as follows:
[A]ny and all Claims based in any way on conduct that occurred prior to the date of the execution of this Agreement that the Settlement Class Representatives or any member of the Settlement Class ever had, now have, or may have in the future, arising out of or in any way relating to the purchase, lease, use, service, repair, or maintenance of any of the Settlement Class Trucks, and also, relating in any way to (a) certification testing, fuel economy, emissions, or OBD monitors; (b) any of the alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, federal regulations, or state laws or regulations cited in the Complaint in this Action; (c) any of the marketing representations identified in the Complaint filed in this Action, including but not limited to the failure to disclose any information about certification testing, fuel economy, emissions, and OBD monitors; (d) any acts or omissions that were raised or could have been raised within the scope of the facts asserted in the Complaint filed in the Action; or (e) any event, matter, dispute, or thing that in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, relates to or arises out of said events specified in (a), (b), (c), or (d) of this paragraph.
Under the Settlement, you are not releasing your rights or ability to participate in or pursue remedies in relation to any future buyback or repurchase of any Settlement Class Truck that the Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency, the California Air Resources Board or any other federal or state government entity recommends or orders Defendant(s) to buyback or repurchase for reasons relating to the Released Claims.
The Settlement Agreement at Section 11 describes the Released Claims in necessary legal terminology, so read it carefully. The Settlement Agreement is available on the Important Documents page.
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