Judge Stays Kentucky AG’s Suit Against Volkswagen Pending Panel’s Decision

Mealey's (May 27, 2016, 10:09 AM EDT) -- FRANKFORT, Ky. — A federal judge in Kentucky on May 25 granted Volkswagen Group of America’s motion to stay a lawsuit brought by the Attorney General of Kentucky over the car maker’s alleged installation of a device designed to defeat emissions tests, ruling that the case should not proceed until the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) decides on whether it should be transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Andy Beshear, Attorney General, ex rel. Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Volkswagen Group of America, et al., No. 16-cv-27-GFVT, E.D. Ky.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68543)....