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Texas county sues VW for $100 million over doctored diesels

The Texas county that includes Houston sued Volkswagen Group of America Inc. for $100 million, claiming the carmakers cheating on emission controls worsened pollution in the area.

By Laurel Brubaker Calkins, Bloomberg | Updated on September 30, 2015
In a Tuesday, May 5, 2015 file photo, then Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn addresses the shareholders during the annual shareholder meeting of the car manufacturer Volkswagen in Hannover, Germany. Winterkorn apologized Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, after the Environmental Protection Agency said the German automaker skirted clean air rules by rigging emissions tests for about 500,000 diesel cars. "I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public," Volkswagen chief Martin Winterkorn said in a statement. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

(Bloomberg) — The Texas county that includes Houston sued Volkswagen Group of America Inc. for $100 million, claiming the carmaker’s cheating on emission controls worsened  pollution in the area. It’s believed to the the first government claim stemming from the VW emission scandal, according to county officials.

The county is seeking penalties of as much as $25,000 a day for an estimated 6,000 diesel-powered Volkswagen autos sold there since 2009, Vince Ryan, the county attorney, said in an e- mailed statement.

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