Mealey's (April 16, 2020, 7:34 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Volkswagen franchise dealerships argue in their April 13 opening brief to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that they were direct victims of an alleged emissions fraud committed by a German multinational engineering and technology company and its subsidiary ([In re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation] J. Bertolet, Inc., et al. v. Robert Bosch, LLC, et al., No. 20-15034, 9th Cir.)....