Kia Won’t Get to Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused without comment to hear Kia Motors Corp.'s appeal of a $5.6 million class-action verdict involving Sephia compact sedans with brakes that wore out quickly, The Detroit News reports. The decision ends an 11-year legal fight.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court in December upheld a lower court ruling in 2005 that awarded $600 each to 9,400 owners of 1997-2000 model year Kia Sephias. Kia, which sold roughly 200,000 Sephias in the U.S. between 1995 and 2001, altered the brake system in the 2001 model year.

Sephia owners in other states have pursued similar claims, according to the News. It says a jury in New Jersey found that the car's owners could be reimbursed as much as $750 each for brake repairs.