South Korean Parents for Kia, Hyundai Exit Anti-Theft Litigation

Hyundai Motor Company and KIA Corporation convinced a federal judge that insurance companies failed to show they had sufficient contact with the State of California to warrant the court’s jurisdiction.

The South Korean car companies are the parent entities of American subsidiaries that are also part of sprawling litigation alleging 2011-2022 models of Kia and Hyundai vehicles lacked anti-theft design features.

The insurers said HMC and KC had more than 7,500 shipments through California ports, the companies sold cars within the state, and employed people within the state.

But those activities were done through the American subsidiaries, according to multiple ...