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Karlsruhe / Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - A supreme court ruling on the software update for diesel vehicles affected by the VW emissions scandal is still a long time coming.

Actually, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) wanted to negotiate on the matter in Karlsruhe on Monday.

Now the appointment is canceled.

The complaining car buyer had withdrawn his appeal, announced the BGH on Friday (Az. VI ZR 513/20).

A second negotiation on possible claims for damages against the group subsidiary Audi should take place as planned (Az. VI ZR 505/19).

The software update had to be installed subsequently in order to remove the inadmissible disconnection device in millions of vehicles.

She had secretly ensured that the diesel cars emitted significantly less toxic nitrogen oxides in tests than in road traffic.

The plaintiff had accused Volkswagen of having activated a new, illegal technology with the update.

Now the pollutant emissions fluctuate depending on the outside temperature.

Diesel owners in particular who only bought their car after the scandal broke out in autumn 2015 use this card in court.

According to the previous BGH rulings, they are not entitled to any compensation from VW, because the group can no longer be accused of deceit.

The Stuttgart Higher Regional Court had recently dismissed the action.

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VW was very interested in a supreme court clarification and had expected an impact on thousands of ongoing proceedings.

Originally, a second software update case was supposed to be negotiated; the revision was withdrawn in January.

According to its own statements, VW had not worked towards this and had not reached a settlement with the plaintiff.

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BGH notification

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Original announcement of the case

Announcement of the Audi case

Principle judgment of May 25th

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BGH notification on this

BGH judgment of July 30th on interest and frequent travelers

BGH judgment of July 30th on VW's compensation

BGH judgment of July 30th on tort interest

BGH judgment of July 30th on the purchase from autumn 2015

BGH judgment of December 8th on corporate brands

BGH judgment of December 17th on the statute of limitations

BGH decision of January 19 on the Daimler thermal window