6th Circuit Says Some Fraud Claims In Defeat Device Case Preempted By CAA

( June 10, 2025, 1:11 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — Several fraud claims made by owners of diesel Chevrolet vehicles who said that they were misled by the manufacturer through the installation of devices designed to defeat U.S. Environmental Protection Agency emissions testing may not have been preempted by the Clean Air Act (CAA), a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled in partially vacating and remanding a Michigan federal court’s dismissal ruling....