Volkswagen’s legal department has been fighting one fire after another: For years, lawyers at the global corporation have been fighting waves of lawsuits from customers and investors as a result of the Dieselgate scandal.
Lear and Adient are “Tier 1” suppliers, the largest in their industry, whereas Prevent was a “Tier 2” supplier in the US and supplied Adient and Lear with seat cover components.
The two “Tier 1” suppliers should not only have excluded Prevent from the VW business, but should have completely broken off all business relations — Prevent also produced seat cover components for Adient and Lear which were sold to other car manufacturers.