In Re: Kia Hyundai Vehicle Theft Litigation
Case Number:
8:22-ml-03052
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
Judge:
Firms
- Ademi & O'Reilly
- Allen Stovall Neuman
- Baker Sterchi
- Baron & Budd
- Begam Marks
- Belin McCormick
- Benson Legal APC
- Berger Kahn
- Blood Hurst
- Burns Charest
- Callahan & Blaine
- Conley Griggs
- Consumer Protection Legal
- Cozen O'Connor
- de Luca Levine
- DiCello Levitt
- Edelson PC
- FeganScott
- Gadtke Law Firm
- Goldenberg Schneider
- Greene Espel
- Grotefeld Hoffmann
- Gustafson Gluek
- Hagens Berman
- Hellmuth & Johnson
- Hill Ward Henderson
- Hovde Dassow
- Humphrey Farrington
- Janet Janet
- Janove PLLC
- Jenner & Block
- Johnson Becker
- Keller Rohrback
- Kohn Swift
- Kopelowitz Ostrow
- Lenze Lawyers
- Lockridge Grindal
- Maschka Riedy
- Mason LLP (Washington, DC)
- Matthiesen Wickert
- Meyer Njus
- Migliaccio & Rathod
- Milberg Coleman
- MLG Attorneys at Law
- Morgan & Morgan
- MWH Law Group
- Oliver Bell Group
- Pashman Stein
- Pollock Cohen
- Quinn Emanuel
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Rubens Kress
- Saltz Mongeluzzi
- Sauder Schelkopf
- Schubert Jonckheer
- Siri & Glimstad
- Smith & McElwain
- Spector Roseman
- Stutman Law
- Throndset Michenfelder
- Vorys
- Williams Dirks
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Wolkin Curran
Companies
- 21st Century Insurance Co.
- American Family Insurance Group
- American Standard
- Auto-Owners Insurance Co.
- Bristol West Insurance Group
- CC Services Inc.
- Century-National Insurance Co.
- Church Mutual Insurance Co.
- Cincinnati Financial Corp.
- Direct General Corp.
- Encompass Insurance Co.
- Erie Insurance Inc.
- Esurance Insurance Services Inc.
- Farm Bureau Financial Services
- Farmers Insurance Group Inc.
- Federated Mutual Insurance Co.
- First Chicago Insurance
- Founders Insurance Co.
- GAINSCO Inc.
- Geico Corp.
- Grange Mutual Casualty Group
- Hyundai Motor Co.
- Illinois Casualty Co.
- Kia Corp.
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Group
- Metromile Inc.
- Mountain West Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.
- Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Co.
- National Farmers Union
- National General Holdings Corp.
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
- New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co.
- Nodak Insurance Co.
- Pekin Insurance Co.
- PEMCO Mutual Insurance Co.
- Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Co.
- Progressive Casualty Insurance Co.
- QBE Insurance Group Ltd.
- Root Insurance Co.
- Safe Auto Group Agency Inc.
- Safeco Insurance Co.
- SECURA Insurance
- Sentry Insurance Group
- Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.
- State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co.
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
- The Travelers Cos. Inc.
- United Services Automobile Association
- Utica Mutual Insurance Co. Inc.
- Wawanesa General Insurance Co.
- West Bend Mutual Insurance Co.
- Westfield Insurance Co. Inc.
- Zurich Insurance Group AG
Government Agencies
Sectors & Industries:
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October 02, 2024
Hyundai, Kia Drivers' $145M Car-Theft Deal Wins Final OK
A California federal judge has signed off on a $145 million settlement that closes out consolidated consumer claims alleging Hyundai and Kia knowingly sold defective vehicles with design flaws that spawned a car-theft crime wave following a viral TikTok trend that popularized tips for breaking into their cars.
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August 05, 2024
Kia Atty Reduced To 'Monty Python' Knight By Tentative Order
Kia and Hyundai's attorney told a California federal judge Monday that his tentative order denying the companies' motion to dismiss Chicago's claims in multidistrict litigation over car thefts left him feeling like the knight in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" who loses his arms and legs but keeps fighting.
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July 08, 2024
Hyundai, Kia Parent Cos. Escape MDL Over Car-Theft Wave
The South Korean parent companies of Hyundai and Kia do not belong in a multidistrict litigation over a nationwide wave of car thefts following a TikTok trend popularizing tips for breaking into their vehicles, a California federal court said, finding no personal jurisdiction over the foreign entities.
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April 22, 2024
Hyundai, Kia Drivers Want $13M Fees In Car Theft Defect Deal
A consumer class of Hyundai and Kia drivers who claimed that the companies knowingly sold them cars with defects that made them easy to steal asked a California federal judge for final approval of their $145 million deal, with $13.4 million in fees, after an objector said the deal wasn't enough.
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January 30, 2024
Hyundai, Kia Can Ask 9th Circ. To Vet Cities' Car-Theft Claims
A California federal judge said Hyundai and Kia can ask the Ninth Circuit to consider whether cities in New York, Ohio and Wisconsin can sue the automakers over a nationwide wave of car thefts following a viral TikTok trend that popularized tips for breaking into their vehicles.
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January 09, 2024
Hyundai, Kia Eye 9th Circ. Input On Cities' Car-Theft Claims
Hyundai and Kia said Monday that the Ninth Circuit should consider whether U.S. cities can sue the automakers in California federal court over a nationwide wave of car thefts following a viral TikTok trend that popularized tips for breaking into their vehicles.
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November 15, 2023
Hyundai, Kia Can't Ditch Insurers' Claims In Car Theft MDL
A California federal judge ruled Wednesday that Hyundai and Kia's U.S. units must face consolidated claims from hundreds of insurers suing the automakers over an alleged nationwide wave of car thefts following a viral TikTok trend that popularized tips for breaking into their vehicles.
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October 30, 2023
Hyundai, Kia Drivers Get Green Light On $145M Car Theft Deal
A California federal judge said Monday he will preliminarily approve a $145 million settlement resolving claims by Hyundai and Kia drivers who alleged they suffered losses arising from design flaws that led to car thefts from a method popularized on TikTok and other social media platforms.
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October 03, 2023
Insurers And Cities Say Hyundai, Kia Must Face Car Theft MDL
Hundreds of insurers and over a dozen U.S. cities seeking to recover their alleged losses stemming from a car theft crime spree inspired by social media urged a California federal court to reject Hyundai and Kia's recent attempts to escape claims that they sold theft-prone vehicles.
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September 11, 2023
Hyundai, Kia Rip Insurers' And Cities' Claims In Car-Theft MDL
Hyundai and Kia have asked a California federal judge to slash consolidated claims from hundreds of insurers and over a dozen U.S. cities suing the automakers over the alleged car theft "crime wave" that was unleashed nationwide after a viral TikTok trend popularized tips for breaking into their vehicles.