Manlove v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:18-cv-00145

Court:

Tennessee Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Travis R McDonough

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  1. July 01, 2019

    VW Can't Sink Class Claims In Age Bias Battle

    A Tennessee federal judge has refused to put the brakes on class and collective claims from employees who accuse Volkswagen AG of pushing out older workers at its Chattanooga plant, saying the allegations are plausible enough to stay in court.

  2. June 11, 2019

    VW Workers Get Narrowed Collective OK'd In Age Bias Suit

    A Tennessee federal judge gave a green light Tuesday to a collective action accusing Volkswagen AG of discriminating against older employees, but rejected the workers' bid for a nationwide collective and instead limited the suit's scope to VW's Chattanooga facility.

  3. May 03, 2019

    VW AG Can't Shake Suit Alleging Global Age Bias Policy

    Volkswagen AG can't escape a worker's suit alleging it instituted a policy to rid the company of older employees as part of a rebranding strategy after a Tennessee federal judge rejected the German automaker's challenge to his ability to hear the case.

  4. February 26, 2019

    Arbitrator Lets VW Age Bias Accuser Seek Court Injunction

    A Volkswagen worker whose Tennessee federal age bias suit against the company was sent to arbitration in January can still ask the court to freeze the policy he challenged, an arbitrator said Monday.

  5. December 06, 2018

    VW Worker Urges Court To Block Alleged Age Discrimination

    A Volkswagen employee alleging that the company implemented a policy to shed older workers as part of a rebranding strategy urged a Tennessee federal judge Thursday to order the automaker not to carry out the plan or keep him from advancing in his career.

  6. October 31, 2018

    VW Says Worker Must Arbitrate 'Rebranding' Age Bias Claims

    A Volkswagen AG manager who filed a putative class action in Tennessee federal court alleging he and others like him were unfairly demoted as part of a rebranding strategy is bound by an arbitration agreement he signed when hired, the automaker said Tuesday.

  7. June 29, 2018

    VW Accused Of 'Purging' Older Workers In Rebranding Effort

    Volkswagen AG instituted a policy to remove older employees from the company as part of a rebranding strategy in the aftermath of the German automaker's 2015 diesel emissions scandal, a 53-year-old worker alleged in a collective action filed in Tennessee federal court Friday.