Fiat Chrysler has lost its bid to overturn a $40 million judgment in Georgia for the death of a 4-year-old boy in a burning Jeep.

The Georgia Supreme Court Thursday upheld the award for the family of 4-year-old Remi Walden, who died when the Jeep burst into flames after it was hit from behind. The Jeep’s rear mounted gas tank was the target of his parents’ lawsuit.

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