Over Objections, 11th Circuit Affirms Settlement In Vehicle Paint Defect Case

( November 30, 2023, 11:34 AM EST) -- ATLANTA — Objections to a class settlement in a case over Mercedes-Benz vehicles with defective red paint that provides reimbursement for qualified past repairs and coverage for qualified future repairs where the vehicles are less than 15 years old and have less than 150,000 miles were “significantly flawed,” an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled upholding settlement approval in an opinion in which “some parameters” for objectors’ burden were “set out.”...