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Berg B U S 11 0 0507 (2 9377) 0 1/3 0/2 026 The Volk sw ag en sc an dal is very in te re sti n g bec au se it ca n mak e peo ple questi o n w heth er re d ucin g th e le g al co st can be more im porta n t th an ju stic e.

When peo ple hav e l e g al la w su its a lo t of th e tim e, se ttle m en ts help sa v e tim e fo r th e co urts an d money fo r t h e pers o n th at is gettin g su ed .

Overa ll, se tt le m en ts ca n be very help fu l but th is can be a b ig pro ble m due to th e fa ct it may als o allo w peo ple an d co m pan ie s to av oid a cco unta b ility .

For in sta n ce, in ( In Re Volk sw ag en Cle an Die se l Mark etin g, Sale s P ra ctic es, a n d P ro ducts L ia b ility Litig atio n, US Dis tr ic t Court, Calif o rn ia , 2017) J u stic e B re y er t a lk s a b out h ow B osc h not ta k in g acco unta b ility when bein g at fa u lt , mad e th e c ase a g ain st B osc h w eak er th an th e case ag ain st Volk sw ag en .

This mad e th e se tt le m en t c ase a m ore p ra ctic al c h oic e.

How ev er, se ttle m en ts over a fu ll tr ia l can mak e peo ple q uestio n w heth er j u stic e w as tr u ly se rv ed , esp ecia lly sin ce th e case in volv ed harm to th e e n vir o nm en t a n d m is le ad in g th e public .

When Bosc h decid ed to se ttle , it can be bec au se of not only tim e, money an d a v oid in g acco unta b ility but als o becau se of peo ple who help th em in vest.

Share h old ers m ay hav e wan te d to av oid lo ng an d ex pen siv e la w su its due to em plo yees whose jo bs c o uld be aff e cte d by years of co urt batt le s.

Bosc h may als o hav e wan te d to av oid th e ris k o f lo sin g at tr ia l.

While th e se ttle m en t mad e th in gs easie r an d fa ste r, it ra is e s co nce rn s a b out wheth er re al acco unta b ility hap pen s when co m pan ie s se tt le in ste ad of bein g fu lly j u dged in co urt.

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