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Gabriel Lahijani and Karendeep \u201cKarina\u201d Bath allege the front seats of certain Mercedes AMG vehicles have a design defect where the raised metallic AMG logo is \u201creasonably expected to contact an occupant\u2019s upper back, neck, or shoulder,\u201d according to the court document filed earlier this week in the U.S. District Court of California\u2019s Western division.<\/p>\n

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The plaintiffs want Mercedes to compensate them for any medical expenses, as well as any pain, suffering and emotional distress they can prove at trial. They also want Mercedes to pay for other owners to have the logo removed from their cars.<\/p>\n

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Mercedes-Benz couldn\u2019t be reached immediately for comment.<\/p>\n

Lahigani, a Los Angeles resident, had leased a new 2026 Mercedes-AMG E-Class vehicle from an authorized Mercedes-Benz dealership in Los Angeles, according to the suit. He reported receiving second-degree burns on his back on May 31, after entering his vehicle wearing a tank top. A board-certified dermatologist subsequently documented first- and second-degree burns, describing the injury as \u201cAMG inscribed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roughly six weeks later, Bath, a Chatsworth, California resident, received similar burns allegedly from the logo design while wearing a sleeveless top. After parking her Mercedes-AMG vehicle in Los Angeles, Bath returned to the vehicle and entered the driver\u2019s seat, the suit said. Her shoulder immediately touched the logo, causing a burning sensation. In the following days, a mark in the shape of the AMG logo \u201cdarkened and became visible on her skin, consistent with a thermal contact burn,\u201d the lawsuit said.<\/p>\n

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In December, Mercedes-Benz USA and parent company Daimer AG\u00a0agreed to pay $149.6 million\u00a0to settle allegations that the automaker secretly installed devices in hundreds of thousands of vehicles to pass emission tests, according to an announcement by a coalition of attorneys general.<\/p>\n

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According to the coalition, between 2008 and 2016 the German automaker equipped more than 211,000 diesel passenger cars and vans with software devices that optimized emission controls during tests but reduced the controls during normal operations.<\/p>\n

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