Hyundai will appeal $248.6M verdict in fatal crash - USA TODAY
Hyundai will appeal $248. 6M verdict in fatal crash POLSON, Mont. — A Montana jury has ordered Hyundai to pay $240 million in punitive damages on top of $8. 6 million in actual damages and lost earnings after finding that a manufacturing defect in a Hyundai Check out this story on USATODAY. — A Montana jury has ordered Hyundai to pay $240 million in punitive damages on top of $8. 6 million in actual damages and lost earnings after finding that a manufacturing defect in a Hyundai Tiburon caused a crash that killed two Missoula cousins... Hyundai Motor America released a statement Wednesday saying it plans an immediate appeal. The lawsuit alleged that a defective steering knuckle in the Tiburon that Trevor Olson was driving caused the car to suddenly veer into an oncoming lane and crash into another car. Hyundai issued a recall in 2005 for 111 Tiburons manufactured over a one-month period that year over a steering issue, but the problem was different than the one cited at trial and it's no known if the teens were driving one of those cars. There have been relatively few complaints filed against the 2005 Hyundai Tiburon with the. Source: www.usatoday.com
