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Flax v. Kansas Turnpike Authority, 226 Kan. 1 (1979)

January 31,2019
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A case overruling prior precedent and removing immunity from the Kansas Turnpike Authority on state constitutional grounds....

Carpenter v. Johnson, 231 Kan. 783 (1982)

January 31,2019
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A case applying the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices to roadway defect claims under the Kansas Tort Claims Act....

Jackson by Jackson v. Wood, 11 Kan. App.2d 478 (1986)

January 31,2019
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A landmark case applying the landlord/tenant act to impose duties upon landlords in tort actions for injuries to invitees of tenants....

Kansas Malpractice Victims v. Bell, 243 Kan. 333 (1988)

January 31,2019
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One of a team of three lawyers in the case that declared unconstitutional various statutory medical malpractice tort reforms....

Glenn v. Fleming, 247 Kan. 296 (1990)

January 31,2019
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A case overruling precedent that was less than one year old regarding the subject matter of settlements in association with bad faith claims against insurers....

Harding v. K.C. Wall Products, Inc., 250 Kan. 655 (1992)

January 31,2019
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A case of first impression upholding the constitutionality of a statute of repose, specially designed for latent disease cases....

Cerretti v. Flint Hills REC, 251 Kan. 347 (1992)

January 31,2019
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Upholding a verdict for the death of a woman by electrocution where damages of over $1 million were awarded....

Sheila A. v. Whiteman, 259 Kan. 549 (1996)

January 31,2019
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The first case to overrule a district court on the award of attorney fees in either a class action or common fund case....

David’s Episcopal Church v. Westboro Baptist Church, 22 Kan. App.2d 537 (1998)

January 31,2019
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Review denied by the Kansas Supreme Court, certiorari denied by the United States Supreme Court, establishing for the first time anywhere the rights of privacy of worship as a governmental interest and holding those who would interfere to the standards of a mixed audience....

Long v. Turk, 265 Kan. 855 (1998)

January 31,2019
Awards, Settlements & Verdicts

Establishing the liability of gun owners to exercise the highest degree of care (one of two such rulings in the United States....