Air Conditioning System - End-Payor Actions

  1. July 16, 2018

    Mitsubishi Settles Another Piece Of Car Parts MDL For $7M

    Two Mitsubishi units are settling out of another piece of a sprawling antitrust multidistrict litigation accusing auto parts manufacturers of a price-fixing conspiracy, with a class of car buyers and drivers moving for preliminary approval Friday of their $6.84 million deal in Michigan federal court.

  2. March 07, 2018

    Sanden OK'd For $7.6M Settlement In Car Parts Price-Fix MDL

    A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday granted preliminary approval of a $7.6 million settlement between Sanden Automotive Components Corp. and car drivers in a sprawling multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing for auto parts.

  3. February 28, 2018

    Calsonic Wins OK For $11M Deal In Car Parts Price-Fix MDL

    A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday preliminarily approved an $11.12 million settlement between Japanese auto parts maker Calsonic Kansei Corp. and car parts buyers, potentially closing off one part of a broader auto parts multidistrict litigation.

  4. February 15, 2018

    Calsonic Reaches $11M Price-Fix Deal In Car Parts MDL

    A proposed class of car buyers said Thursday they have reached an $11 million settlement of their claims in multidistrict litigation that Japanese auto parts maker Calsonic Kansei Corp. was part of a conspiracy to fix prices for vehicle air conditioning systems.

  5. January 25, 2018

    Mahle Behr's $1.5M Deal In AC Price-Fixing Suit Gets 1st OK

    A federal judge in Michigan on Thursday granted preliminary approval to a nearly $1.5 million proposed settlement releasing German manufacturer Mahle Behr from claims that it was part of a conspiracy to fix prices for vehicle air conditioning systems, ruling that the deal between the company and a proposed class of U.S. car buyers is "fair, reasonable and adequate."

  6. January 17, 2018

    Panasonic Can't Escape AC System Price-Fixing Claims

    A Michigan federal judge ruled Tuesday that Panasonic Corp. cannot escape auto dealer and consumer claims that it participated in a conspiracy to fix prices for vehicle air conditioning systems, but trimmed a pair of claims brought under Florida and South Dakota state laws.

  7. June 06, 2017

    Panasonic, Mitsubishi Want Out Of AC System Antitrust Suits

    Panasonic Corp. and a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. unit on Monday separately moved to toss auto dealer and consumer claims that they participated in a conspiracy to fix prices for automobile air conditioning system components, telling a Michigan federal court that the proposed classes haven't sufficiently tied them to the alleged scheme.

  8. September 28, 2016

    Auto Parts Cos. To Pay Combined $44M In Price-Fix Deals

    Four more settlements were approved Wednesday in sprawling multidistrict litigation over auto parts price-fixing, with Aisin Seiki Co. set to pay $18.6 million, Sumitomo Riko Co. settling for $11.4 million, Schaeffler Group USA Inc. agreeing to pay $7.6 million and Valeo Inc. paying $6.6 million.

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