Diesel Brothers Still Fighting Lawsuit Nine Years Later

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David Sparks, better known as Heavy D from the Diesel Brothers TV show, has revealed their infamous lawsuit is still going on. In case you don't remember, the original lawsuit was filed nine years ago by the Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, a group of activists which targeted Spark's business, Sparks Motors LLC.At the heart of litigation was the accusation Sparks and his employees defeated emissions control devices on diesel trucks, allowing them to roll coal and pollute more. With the air in Salt Lake City getting infamously grungy during the winter, many there want to point fingers, including this group of medical doctors.
Rather than target larger groups with plenty of lawyers and funding, they decided to single out a small business that was in the limelight, thanks to the TV show.
But most people have forgotten this ever happened, moving on with their lives. In the meantime, a crusade against anyone whom federal authorities have suspected is defeating emissions controls on vehicles has been ongoing.
That has included EPA agents dressed in full SWAT gear storming businesses, guns leveled at workers and owners, then the Department of Justice fining them into oblivion. In fact, under the Biden administration this was something federal authorities bragged about with glee.
But things have been changing lately, although only in part. For Sparks, the nightmare lives on. The latest problem he's faced as a result is a federal judge halting his popular garage sale which had people flocking from all over the nation.
Sparks says he actually regrets deleting emissions controls from trucks in the past, admitting some of the things he's suffered from the lawsuit he deserved. That might surprise some.
That said, he doesn't think some things his antagonists have done to him are fair, like stopping his garage sale. We wonder if it was done under some pretense that he's disposing of assets for pennies on the dollar. But he said the judge was fair and sympathetic, allowing the sale to continue with certain conditions.
The big takeaway here is the justice system will let people with an appetite to fight endlessly to do just that. Instead of settling things and moving on with life, some people love torturing others through the courts.
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