EDWARDS v. KIA MOTORS OF AMERICA, INC.

1061167.

8 So.3d 277 (2008)

Edwin L. EDWARDS, individually, and ELL 12, LLC, d/b/a Huntsville Kia v. KIA MOTORS OF AMERICA, INC.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Baddley, Jr., Jeffrey P. Mauro, and M. Jay Rhodes of Baddley & Mauro, LLC, Birmingham, for plaintiffs.

Fournier J. Gale III and John A. Smyth III of Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, for defendant.

Robert A. Huffaker and R. Austin Huffaker, Jr., of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., Montgomery, for amici curiae Automobile Dealers Association of Alabama, Inc., and National Automobile Dealers Association, in support of the plaintiffs.


SEE, Justice.

This case is before us on a certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Edwin L. Edwards, individually, and ELL 12, LLC, d/b/a Huntsville Kia (hereinafter referred to collectively as "Edwards"), sued Kia Motors of America, Inc. ("KMA"), in federal court, alleging violations of the Alabama Motor Vehicle Franchise Act, § 8-20-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 ("the Franchise Act"). Pursuant to Rule 18, Ala. R.App. P...

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