In 2015 the Public discovered Volkswagen using a defeat device to cheat emmisons test for nearly 600,000 diesel injected vehicles without the defeat device Volkswagen relevant Diesel engine vehicles would not have earned EPA certificates of conformity implicated in the scandal was Bosch a parts supplier that Allegedly developed and manufactured the defeat devices used to illegally pass the emissions test Bosch also hid the knowledge of defeat devices from the federal regulators where raised about the emissions controls systems in some diesel vehicles. Although Volkswagen has admitted wrongdoing Bosch denies any claims of wrong doing this denial plays a part of justice breyers approval of a class action settlement between Bosch and the class action plaintiffs that took place in fairness hearing on May 11 2017 one of the 9th circuit courts rationale to prefer settlement as cited by law justice Breyer also states that because Bosch denied the allegations of wrong doing that plaintiffs case against Volkswagen and therefore the aforementioned factor favored settlement.

to what extent should lowering cost out weigh the predilection for justice ?

Considering the cost of protracted legal battle, which stakeholders did Bosch consider when it decided to settle despite denying any wrongdoing ?