Air Conditioning Systems - Direct Purchaser Actions

  1. June 15, 2020

    Mitsubishi Inks $4.2M Deal To End AC Price-Fix Suit

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will be paying $4.2 million to escape claims brought by a luxury motor home designer that it helped fix the price of vehicle air conditioner units, if a Michigan federal judge decides to bless the settlement.

  2. November 22, 2019

    Sanden Wins OK For $3.7M Exit From AC Price-Fix Suit

    A Michigan federal judge has signed off on Sanden Corp.'s $3.65 million deal to end proposed class claims that it conspired to rig the prices of vehicle air conditioning systems, leaving Mitsubishi as the sole auto parts maker remaining in the protracted antitrust case over AC units.

  3. October 03, 2019

    Mitsubishi Must Face Heat In AC Price Fixing Suit

    A Michigan federal judge has denied a request by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to dismiss an antitrust suit by a luxury motor home company that accuses it of conspiring to rig the prices of vehicle air conditioning systems, saying the auto parts maker participated in the conspiracy and drove up prices.

  4. July 19, 2019

    $5.5M Mahle Behr AC Price-Fixing Deal Scores Tentative OK

    A Michigan federal judge on Friday tentatively approved Mahle Behr's $5.5 million deal to end proposed class claims it conspired to rig the prices of vehicle air conditioning systems in sprawling antitrust multidistrict litigation involving global auto parts manufacturers.

  5. April 23, 2019

    Calsonic To Dish Out $7.9M To End AC Price-Fixing Claims

    Japanese auto parts maker Calsonic will pay $7.9 million to end claims it took part in a conspiracy to rig the cost of vehicle air conditioner units, if a Michigan federal judge approves the deal reached with AC buyers.

  6. March 22, 2019

    Vehicle AC Buyers Defend Mitsubishi Price-Fix Suit

    A luxury motorhome designer fought back against an attempt to can its suit accusing Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and another Japanese auto parts maker of conspiring to fix the price of vehicle air conditioner units, asking a Michigan federal judge to toss it based on "two irrelevant, self-serving declarations."

  7. February 12, 2019

    Mitsubishi Fights Price-Fixing Claim On Product It Doesn't Sell

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and another Japanese auto parts maker fired back at a luxury motorhome company's allegations that the manufacturers conspired to fix prices for vehicle air conditioning systems, telling a Michigan federal judge that they never made AC parts for recreational vehicles.

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