A potentially big payout and broad-reaching liability exposure for an automaker are at stake in a trial that began in Cobb County State Court this week to determine who is responsible for a death caused by a car’s air bag.
Evelyn LaFleur first appeared to have minor injuries from a low-speed crash, then died soon after from a lacerated aorta where the air bag of her 1999 Kia Sportage hit her chest, according to court records and opening statements. Her daughters-Brenda Godbee and Carol Chick-are suing the South Korean automaker Kia Motors Corp. and its affiliates as well as the driver of the other vehicle in the collision, Joseph Leverette. The case was filed in Cobb County because of the location of Kia’s corporate office. The drivers lived outside Augusta, where the crash took place in 2006.
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