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Volkswagen (VW) admitted in September it had fitted illegal
software on up to about 11 million cars worldwide that mitigated
emissions during tests but stopped doing so on the road.
The plaintiff took legal action against a dealership in Bochum
where he bought his Tiguan sport-utility vehicle, saying the
manipulations by VW had rendered the model unsellable.
Judge Ingo Streek at the town's regional court on Wednesday said
the defendant could not be accused of a "significant violation
of duty" as VW, not the dealer, made the vehicle.
The plaintiff's lawyer, Dietrich Messler, had already said he
would appeal any defeat in the case at a higher court.
Europe's largest automaker is facing a barrage of lawsuits from
customers, institutional investors and regulators over the
biggest corporate scandal in its history.
U.S. law firm Hausfeld said on Tuesday it would pursue claims of
European customers harmed by VW's wrongdoing, a day after the
launch of a 3.26 billion-euro ($3.62 billion) lawsuit by almost
300 institutional investors became public.
(Reporting by Matthias Inverardi; Writing by Andreas Cremer;
Editing by Maria Sheahan and Mark Potter)
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