Buck v. Kia America Inc

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION AMY ANNETTE BUCK and BRANDON BUCK PLAINTIFFS v. No. 4:22-cv-1265-DPM KIA AMERICA, INC., f/k/a KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC. DEFENDANT ORDER The engine compartment of Amy Buck’s 2012 Kia Optima spontaneously caught fire while she was driving with her son, Brandon. The brakes failed, so Buck and her son had to jump from a moving, flaming vehicle on the side of a freeway in Plano, Texas. The fire occurred in 2017. Kia issued two recalls for vehicles like Buck’s. The most relevant was in 2023. It identified a problem in…