Price Fixing Class Action Lawsuits Reach $1.4 Million in Settlements With Oxygen Sensors and Spark Plugs Manufacturers
Spector Roseman & Kodroff, P.C.; Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC; Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C.; and Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP (“Settlement Class Counsel”) announce that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division (“Court”) has approved the following announcement of proposed class action settlements with the NGK and DENSO Defendants. The lawsuits claimed that Defendants conspired to raise, fix, maintain, and stabilize prices, rig bids, and allocate the supply of Oxygen Sensors and Spark Plugs sold in the United States, in violation of federal antitrust laws.
The settlements affect those who purchased Oxygen Sensors and Spark Plugs in the United States between January 1, 2000 and February 4, 2019. Those who purchased Oxygen Sensors directly from any of the following entities (or depending on the specific settlement agreement, their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and joint ventures) are eligible to participate in the Oxygen Sensors Settlement: Robert Bosch GmbH; Robert Bosch LLC; DENSO Corporation; DENSO International America, Inc.; DENSO Products & Services Americas, Inc.; NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.; NGK Spark Plugs (U.S.A.) Holding, Inc.; NGK Spark Plugs (U.S.A.), Inc.; NTK Technologies, Inc.; Hitachi Ltd; or their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, or joint ventures. Those who purchased Spark Plugs directly from any of the following entities (or depending on the specific settlement agreement, their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and joint ventures) are eligible to participate in the Spark Plugs Settlement: Robert Bosch GmbH; Robert Bosch LLC; DENSO Corporation; DENSO International America, Inc.; DENSO Products & Services Americas, Inc.; NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.; NGK Spark Plugs (U.S.A.) Holding, Inc.; NGK Spark Plugs (U.S.A.), Inc.; NTK Technologies, Inc; or their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, or joint ventures.
