Plaintiffs’ attorney Lance A. Cooper asked a Cobb County State Court jury to award $4 million to the estate of Evelyn LaFleur, plus additional pain and suffering and punitive damages, at the close of a two-week trial in a wrongful death case against Kia Motors Corp. and subsidiaries.
LaFleur was killed by an air bag that punched her chest and lacerated her aorta in a low-speed crash, according to court records and statements from attorneys on all sides of the case. Her daughters, Brenda Godbee and Carol Chick-co-administrators of her estate-are suing Kia, alleging that the air bag in its 1999 Sportage was overpowered for the small sport utility vehicle and dangerous to small-statured women who drive it seated close to the steering wheel.
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