Mercedes owner files US suit over diesel emissions

Maker Daimler says allegations unfounded, as Hagens Berman files suit claiming Mercedes Clean Diesel vehicles emit illegal levels of pollution

An owner of a Mercedes BlueTEC diesel car filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States, accusing the carmaker of knowingly programming its Clean Diesel vehicles to emit illegally high levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx), according to law firm Hagens Berman.

Shares in Mercedes maker Daimler were down 3% at a62.82 (48.75) at the bottom of Germany's blue-chip index by 08.26am on Friday after news of the class-action lawsuit filed by Hagens Berman, which also has a lead role in class-action suits against Volkswagen.