SIMS v. KIA MOTORS OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 15-10636.

839 F.3d 393 (2016)

Henry Lee SIMS, Jr., individually and as legal heir to the Estate of Henry Lee Sims, Sr.; Timothy Everett Sims, individually and as legal heir to the Estate of Henry Lee Sims, Sr.; Willie Earl Sims, individually and as legal heir to the Estate of Henry Lee Sims, Sr.; Shamika Rae Sims, individually and as legal heir to the Estate of Henry Lee Sims, Sr.; Kathlyn Lenetta Sims, individually and as legal heir to the Estate of Henry Lee Sims, Sr.; Brence Eric Sims, individually and as legal heir to the Estate of Henry Lee Sims, Sr.; Michael Andre Sims, individually and as legal heir to the Estate of Henry Lee Sims, Sr.; Sarah Denise Sims, individually and as legal heir to the Estate of Henry Lee Sims, Sr.; Pamela Rachael Sims, individually and as legal heir to the Estate of Henry Lee Sims, Sr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KIA MOTORS OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED; Kia Motors Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed October 5, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc R. Stanley, Esq. , Stanley Law Group, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Kurt Christopher Kern, Esq. , Amanda McKinzie , Tanya B. Scarbrough , Cary Alan Slobin , Bowman & Brooke, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, PRADO, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


Family members of decedent Henry Sims, Sr. filed this products liability suit against Defendants-Appellees Kia Motors of America (KMA) and Kia Motors Corporation (KMC) stemming from a tragic car accident, in which Mr. Sims, a passenger in a 2010 Kia Soul, died. Among other claims, they alleged that the Soul...

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