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2005 News Releases
Locke Reynolds Receives Another Defense Verdict For Hyundai
INDIANAPOLIS, May 2005 - Hyundai Motor America received a defense verdict when a Vigo County, Indiana jury deliberated less than an hour before deciding that Hyundai had not breached its express warranty or an implied warranty of merchantability.
The Plaintiffs' vehicle had been taken to a Hyundai dealer a total of five times with complaints that the speedometer was inoperable and the vehicle would not start. The vehicle was in the shop a total of 30 days for the five warranty repairs. Nonetheless, the dealer was able to repair the vehicle, which the Plaintiffs admitted at trial. Not long after the repairs were completed, the Plaintiffs surrendered the vehicle to the lending bank who later sold the vehicle for fair market value. The case was defended on the basis that the vehicle had been repaired, that the Plaintiffs had sustained no cognizable damages, and that the vehicle was merchantable because it had been driven in excess of 45,000 miles before the Plaintiffs, who purchased the vehicle used, had experienced any problems.
Hyundai was represented by Product Liability group member Robert B. Thornburg at trial.
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Contact:
Locke Reynolds LLP
Indianapolis, Indiana
317-237-3800
Fort Wayne, Indiana
260-497-6000
www.locke.com
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