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KIA MOTORS CORP. v. RUIZ

No. 05-10-00198-CV.

348 S.W.3d 465 (2011)

KIA MOTORS CORPORATION and Kia Motors America, Inc., Appellants, v. Lawrence RUIZ (Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Andrea Ruiz), Shenequa Ruiz, Christopher Ruiz, and Suzanna Ruiz, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

August 5, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott P. Stolley , Richard B. Phillips, Jr. , Thompson & Knight, L.L.P., Kurt C. Kern , Cary A. Slobin , Bowman and Brooke, LLP, Melissa Anne Dorman , Hartline, Dacus, Barger, Dreyer & Kern, L.L.P., Dallas, for Appellants.

Mary Alice McLarty , The McLarty Firm, P.C., Jeffrey S. Levinger , Hankinson Levinger LLP, Phillip Lee Brown , Eric B. Porterfield , The Brown Law Firm, Dallas, for Appellees.

Before Justices MARTIN RICHTER, LANG, and FILLMORE.

OPINION

Opinion By Justice MARTIN RICHTER

In this negligent design products liability case, Kia Motors Corporation and Kia Motors America, Inc. ("Kia") challenge the judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of Lawrence Ruiz, individually and as representative of the estate of Andrea Ruiz, Shenequa Ruiz, Christopher Ruiz, and Suzanna Ruiz. In six issues, each with multiple sub-parts, Kia asserts it was entitled to a statutory presumption of no liability...

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