Attorney General Hilgers announces settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA

LINCOLN– Attorney General Hilgers today joined a coalition of 50 attorneys general announcing a $149,673,750 settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and Mercedes-Benz Group AG for violating state laws prohibiting unfair or deceptive trade practices by marketing, selling, and leasing vehicles equipped with illegal and undisclosed emissions defeat devices.

The states allege that more than 211,000 diesel passenger vehicles were equipped with undisclosed emissions defeat devices from 2008 to 2016.