United States Eleventh Circuit
Edwards v. Kia Motors of Am., Inc., 06-14306
Mutual release agreement between an auto dealer and the manufacturer, in which Plaintiffs relinquished all existing legal claims against the manufacturer for valid consideration, is enforceable and not prohibited by the Alabama Motor Vehicle Franchise Act. Plaintiffs' various common law claims were correctly dismissed because they do not fall within the limited exceptions to their release agreement.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/06/2009
- Published 01/06/2009
Judges
- BARZILAY, Judge:, Before HULL and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and BARZILAY, Judge.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Thomas E. Baddley, Jr., M. Jay Rhodes, Jeffrey P. Mauro, Baddley & Mauro, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Robert Austin Huffaker, Jr., Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., Montgomery, AL, for Amicus Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- John Albert Smyth, III, Fournier J. Gale, III, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.