Legal Opinion
Patricia Hughes v. Kia Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 12, 2014No. 13-10922PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
On May 2, 2005, Aliene Hughes was involved in a vehicle collision with a Mack truck in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The collision sent her Kia Optima pinballing about, colliding with two parked cars, a fence, a tree, three metal posts supporting a carport awning, and a flag pole before ultimately coming to rest against a house. On May 3, Aliene was declared dead from traumatic brain injury.
Patricia Hughes, Allene’s mother and the administratrix of her estate, filed suit against Kia Motors Corporation and Kia Motors America, Inc. (collectively, “Kia”) in Georgia Superior…
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