Bloomberg Law
Sept. 6, 2016, 4:59 PM UTC

VW Lawyer Walks Out of Irish Case Before Manager Can Testify

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By Peter Flanagan, Bloomberg News

Volkswagen AG challenged the right of an Irish court to a hear a case over cheating on diesel emissions tests as it fought to keep an employee from testifying for the first time in the scandal.

Paul Fogarty, a lawyer for VW, walked out of the courtroom to demonstrate that he didn’t accept its jurisdiction, exiting as the first witness was called by plaintiffs’ lawyers suing the company.

“The court has no jurisdiction to hear these matters,” Fogarty said Tuesday at the hearing in Castlebar, Mayo, in western Ireland.

The case in the tiny courtroom, ...

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