PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Donovan Searles, LLC announces that the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has confirmed a jury's verdict against Kia Motors America, Inc. in the amount of $5,641,200 on behalf of a class of 9,402 Pennsylvania consumers. The verdict was rendered in May 2005 following a two-week trial in which the jurors found that there was a common defective design of the brake system of the 1995-2001 Kia Sephia. The Court has now ruled on various motions for post-trial relief filed by Kia Motors and denied all motions. The case will now proceed to the appellate court.
Trial counsel for plaintiffs and the class of Pennsylvania consumers were Michael D. Donovan, Esq. of the Philadelphia law firm of Donovan Searles, LLC; Alan M. Feldman, Esq. of the Philadelphia law firm of Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner & Weinstock; and James A. Francis, Esq. of the Philadelphia law firm of Francis & Mailman, P.C.
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