Kansas Court of Appeals, 1979

155 opinions

Wendall Desbien, Appellee, v. Key Milling Company, Inc., Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company, Appellants and Cross-Appellees, and Kansas Workmens Compensation Fund, Appellee and Cross-Appellant 1979-01-05
Southgate State Bank and Trust Company, a Kansas Banking Corporation, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. United Pacific Insurance Company, Appellant and Cross-Appellee 1979-01-05
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Donald William Guhl, Appellant 1979-01-12
In the Matter of the Estate of James J. Jones 1979-01-12
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Frank Miesbauer, Appellant 1979-01-12
Leslie Merrel, for himself and all others similarly situated, Appellant, v. Research & Data, Inc., et al., Appellees 1979-01-12
Iva J. Hensley, Widow of Elmer Wallace Hensley, Deceased, Appellee, v. Carl Graham Glass, a division of Sherwin-Williams, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellants 1979-01-12
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Charles Dill, Appellant 1979-01-19
Farmers Insurance Company, Inc., Appellee, v. John R. Schiller, Appellant, and Robert V. Moore; J. F. Haile, Center Director of Veterans Administration Hospital, Bay Pines, Florida, Defendants 1979-01-26
Mansfield Painting and Decorating, Inc., Appellee, v. Budlaw Services, Inc., and Lloyd A. Winslow, Appellants 1979-01-26
Bryce M. Roberts and Delores A. Roberts, Appellants, v. Gilbert Osburn and Judy Osburn, his wife; Louis W. Fundis and Annabelle Fundis, his wife; Tri-In-Co., Inc., a Kansas corporation; Carl A. Butell and Susan A. Butell, his wife; The Baldwin State Bank, Baldwin City; Franklin Savings & Loan Assn, Ottawa, Appellees 1979-02-02
Dan Whitmore, Appellant, v. The State of Kansas, The Department of Administration, Division of Personnel, Kansas Civil Service Commission, The Adjutant General, Topeka-Shawnee County Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, The City of Topeka, and The Board of County Commissioners of Shawnee County, Appellees 1979-02-09
City of Topeka, Appellee, v. James D. Martin, Appellant 1979-02-09
Schaefer & Associates, P.A., a professional corporation, Appellee, v. Henry W. Schirmer, Appellant 1979-02-16
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Rex C. Hanes, Appellant 1979-02-16
Russell Martin, Appellant, v. Ralph L. Hinnen, et al., Appellees 1979-02-16
Phyllis Horton, Widow of Wayne Horton, Deceased, Appellant, v. Fleming Company and Travelers Insurance Co., Appellees 1979-02-16
Ben S. Childress, Jr., Deceased, Dorothea Childress, Appellee, v. Childress Painting Company and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., Appellants 1979-02-23
Valley, Inc., Appellant, v. Ward Parkway Building Company, Inc., et al., Appellees 1979-02-23
In the Matter of the Estate of Nellie Mae Carothers, Deceased 1979-03-09
Jack M. Gleichenhaus, Appellant, v. Bert C. Carlyle and Central Press-Pictorial, Inc., Appellees 1979-03-09
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Kenneth Smith, Appellant 1979-03-16
Kathryn L. McDaniel, Appellant, v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Company, a corporation, Appellee 1979-03-16
Dora C. Coleman, Appellant, v. The Brotherhood State Bank, Appellee 1979-03-16
David W. Carson, individually, and David W. Carson as trustee for Barbara I. Fields, Herbert W. Fields, John G. Fields, Lee A. Fields, Edwin H. Fields and Brian W. Fields, Minors, Appellants, v. Robert Eberth, Appellee 1979-03-16
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Terry Kuchinsky, Chet Rugg, Hector Bribiesca, Freddie Garcia, Kathy Cahill, Terry Palmer, and Michael Creed, Appellees 1979-03-23
Mary R. Clawson, Appellant, v. Chester Garrison and Pauline Garrison, and Substituted Defendants James Borth and Pauline Garrison, Co-Executors under the Last Will and Testament of Otto Borth, Deceased, Appellees 1979-03-23
Gale F. Johnston, Appellee, v. Dave J. Johnston, Appellant 1979-03-23
Irwin C. Smith and Emma L. Smith, Appellants, v. Mel Williams, Appellee, and Mary Louise Kincaid and Bob Kincaid, Third Party Defendants 1979-03-23
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Gerry L. Skeen, Appellee 1979-03-23
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Michael L. Satterfield, Appellant 1979-03-23
E. Dean Kraisinger, Carl Buck, Harold Kolb, James Kolb, Steven Crockett, and Mike Goddard, Appellants, v. Byron T. Liggett, M.D., Appellee 1979-03-30
American Fidelity Insurance Company, a corporation; Vernon Bender and John David Schneider, Appellees, v. Employers Mutual Casualty Company, a corporation, and Carl Richard Olson, Appellants 1979-04-06
Charles H. Littell and Sandra Littell, Appellants, v. Carol G. Maloney, Appellee 1979-04-06
Sarah V. Mercer, Appellant, v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, Appellee 1979-04-13
Howard B. Weatherhead and Darrell Bilhimer, Appellees, v. Dennis Boettcher, Appellant 1979-04-13
In the Matter of the Treatment of Marilyn Gatson, Proposed Patient 1979-04-20
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. David Lee Duncan, Appellant 1979-04-20
Neta Jean McVey, Appellee, v. Edna Mae Pfingston, Appellant, and Edward Kenneth Dunn, Appellee 1979-04-27
Carl Carlman, Deceased, Appellant, v. Shields Drilling Co., Inc. and Travelers Insurance Co., Appellees 1979-04-27
Safeway Stores, Inc., and Travelers Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Workers Compensation Fund, Appellee 1979-04-27
Alexander Construction Company, Appellant, v. H. Sanford Weaver, Appellee 1979-05-04
In The Interest of Jerry Brehm, a minor under the age of eighteen 1979-05-04
Western Surety Company, Appellant, v. Mike Loy, Appellee 1979-05-04
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Leonard W. Taylor, Appellant 1979-05-04
Seaman Unified School District No. 345, Shawnee County, State of Kansas, A Public Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Casson Construction Company, Inc., a Kansas Corporation; and Planet Insurance Company, a Wisconsin Corporation, Defendants and Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Glenn A. Horst, Joseph W. Terrill and Gary G. Karst, d/b/a Horst, Terrill and Karst; Power Lock Systems, Inc., and U. S. Engineering Company, Inc., Defendants and Third Party Defendants-Appellants 1979-05-04
Clemon W. Henderson, Jr., Appellant, v. Dwayne M. Ripperger d/b/a Eastboro Pharmacy, Appellee 1979-05-04
Jesse David Oates, Claimant-Appellee, v. Post & Danley Truck Lines, Respondent-Appellee, and Employers Insurance of Wausau, Insurance Carrier-Appellee, and Kansas Workers Compensation Fund, Appellant 1979-05-11
Gerald R. McMurray, Appellee, v. Avis Crawford, Appellant 1979-05-11
Ralph O. Stauber, Anna Stauber, and Mary S. Boder, Appellees, v. The City of Elwood, Kansas, J & L Outlet and Allied Mills, Inc., Appellants 1979-05-18
Nelma June Dunn, now Nelma June Miller, Appellant, v. Curtis E. Dunn, Appellee 1979-05-25
In the Interest of Eldin Clarence Johnson, A Minor 1979-06-01
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Francis D. Urban, Appellant 1979-06-01
Midwest Gas Users Association and Seymour Foods, Inc., Applicants/Appellants, v. State Corporation Commission of Kansas, Respondent/Appellee 1979-06-01
Jerry Williams, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Community Drive-in Theatre, Inc., and Donna Kinder McKenna (Hatmen), Defendants-Appellees, and Insurance Company of North America, Garnishee-Appellee 1979-06-01
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Ronald L. Christon, Appellant 1979-06-01
Virginia Evelyn Troughton, Appellee, v. Thomas Donald Troughton, Jr., Appellant 1979-06-08
Wayne C. Spackman, Appellee, v. Thelma M. Spackman, Appellant 1979-06-08
In the Matter of the Estate of Gene Kaegi, Deceased 1979-06-15
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Elliott Griffin, Appellant 1979-06-15
Helen Baum, Claimant-Appellee, v. The Greyhound Corporation, d/b/a Prophet Foods, Respondent-Appellant, American Home Assurance, Insurance Carrier-Appellant, Workmens Compensation Fund, Appellee 1979-06-15
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. O. B. Bohannon, Jr., Appellee 1979-06-15
Lawrence T. Myers, Appellee, v. Division of Vehicles, Department of Revenue, State of Kansas, Appellant 1979-06-15
Thomas E. Butler, Appellant & Cross-Appellee, v. Westgate State Bank, Appellee & Cross-Appellant 1979-06-15
Robert D. McColm and Doris McColm, Appellees, v. James E. Stegman, Nancy Stegman, Lyle Kregar and Rhinda Bartlett, Appellants 1979-06-15
Biggs Feed and Grain, Inc., A Corporation, Appellant, v. The City of Waverly, Kansas, A Municipal Corporation, Appellee 1979-06-15
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Stephen Jeffery Thompson, Appellant 1979-06-15
Brockman Equipment Leasing, Inc., Appellant, v. John Zollar, Appellee 1979-06-22
Michael Albert Belluomo, Mary Paula Belluomo, Louis Dale Scott and Lucy Joan Scott, Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. KAKE TV & Radio, Inc., Appellee and Cross-Appellant 1979-06-22
Keith Stanturf, Appellant, v. Quality Dodge, Inc., Appellee 1979-06-29
Herbert P. Lindsley, Appellee, v. Forum Restaurants, Inc., Appellant 1979-07-06
Cecilia M. Thompson, Appellant, v. Jeffrey H. James, Appellee 1979-07-13
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Hobert Hayes, Appellee 1979-07-13
Garrett Young, Appellant, v. Robert D. Hecht, George A. Scott, and Jack A. Quinlan, Appellees 1979-07-13
Elaine Elliott, An Incapacitated Person, Appellant, v. State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services of Kansas, Appellee 1979-07-13
Catherine M. Dinesen, Appellant, v. Maurice D. Towle, Appellee 1979-07-13
Laville Hannon, Appellant, v. Raymond Maynard, et al., Appellees 1979-07-20
Robert I. Morris, Appellant, v. Board of Public Utilities of Kansas City, Kansas, Appellee 1979-07-20
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Dennis R. Jones, Appellant 1979-08-03
Marcia A. Traylor, Appellee, v. Millard A. Wachter and Emcasco Insurance Company, Appellants 1979-08-03
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Jerry W. Hagan, Appellant 1979-08-10
Teddie L. Coble and Barbara Coble, Appellants, v. Francis Scherer, Jo Ann Scherer, and Jackson & Scherer, Inc., and Sun Savings Association, Appellees 1979-08-17
Charles E. Jones, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1979-08-17
Samuel L. Gladney, Appellant, v. Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, and Agents of the State of Colorado, Appellees 1979-08-17
In the Interest of Nyree and Eric Trotter, Minors 1979-08-17
In the Interest of Travis and Timothy Collins, minor children 1979-08-24
State Of Kansas, Appellee, v. John C. Henning, Appellant 1979-08-31
Earl L. Neis, Appellee, v. Connie Sue Neis, Appellant 1979-08-31
Dorothy K. Coffey, Appellant, v. Willard E. Stephens, Appellee 1979-08-31
Barbara J. Munkres, Appellee, v. Cleveland Chatmon and Lily Chatmon, Appellants 1979-08-31
Stanley Richardson, Appellant, v. Marsha D. Richardson, Appellee 1979-09-07
O. D. Turner, Secretary of Transportation of the State of Kansas, Appellee, v. L. A. Gilbreath, et al., Appellant 1979-09-07
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Kenneth E. Goodman, Jr., Appellant 1979-09-07
Midwest Mutual Insurance Company, Appellee, v. Farmers Insurance Company, Inc., Appellant 1979-09-21
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Randy E. Mitchell, Appellant 1979-09-21
William H. Brown, Appellant, v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Travelers Insurance Company and Workmens Compensation Fund, Appellees 1979-09-21
Vulcan Materials Company, Chemicals Division, Applicant/Appellant, v. The State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas; G. T. Van Bebber, William G. Gray, and R. C. Loux, as the constituent members of The State Corporation Commission, and Kansas Gas and Electric Company, Respondents/Appellees 1979-09-21
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Steven A. Morgan, Appellee 1979-09-28
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Leroy C. Knetzer, Appellant 1979-09-28
Gregory Benjamin, Appellant, v. Manpower, Inc., of Wichita, Appellee 1979-09-28
B. J. Linnens, Charles Dannenfelser and Jimmie D. Baldwin, Appellants, v. Eugene Christensen, Gerry Harris, Jon Thole, Ron Kirkpatrick, Reuben Zerger, Les Allison, Ron Ludwig, the duly elected and acting members of the Board of Education of Marion and Florence Unified School District No. 408, Marion County, Kansas, Appellees 1979-09-28
Geary N. Gorup, Appellant, v. Kansas Public Employees Retirement System, Appellee 1979-10-05
Sunflower Pipeline Company, Applicant/Appellant, v. Kansas Corporation Commission, Respondent/Appellee 1979-10-05
State Of Kansas, Appellant, v. Joe F. Garner, Appellee 1979-10-12
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Linda Sabater, Appellant 1979-10-12
Russell Shultz, Appellant, v. Harold Edwards; Albert Eugene Upton a/k/a Gene Upton; Upton Industries Incorporated; Upton Industries, Inc.; Gene Upton International, Inc., Appellees 1979-10-12
In the Interest of Clifford Eugene Wheeler and Leslie Ann Wheeler, Minors 1979-10-15
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Danny D. Acheson, Appellant 1979-10-15
Ella Ogden, Appellant, v. Reginald L. Zeman, Individually and d/b/a Broken Spoke Tavern, Appellee 1979-10-15
Larry Dickey and Phyllis Dickey, Appellants, v. Corr-A-Glass and Topping Building Service, Appellees 1979-10-26
In the Matter of the Application of Robert M. Berkowitz for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 1979-10-26
Gordon C. Griggs, Appellee, v. Sears, Roebuck and Company, Appellant, and Workmens Compensation Fund, Appellee 1979-11-02
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Appellant, v. Henry L. Marshall, d/b/a Marshalls Portable Service and Body Shop, Appellee 1979-11-02
Marie R. Burke, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Katheryn Schroth, et al., Defendants-Appellees and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. The Board of County Commissioners of Hodgeman County, Kansas, et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees, Town and Country Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee, National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Company, Intervenor-Appellant 1979-11-02
Allen LeRoy Stapel, Appellant, v. Walter A. Stapel, Appellee 1979-11-02
Gertrude Adams, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DeVaun C. Adams, Defendant-Appellant, Birdis Westbrook and Harold Barnes, Defendants 1979-11-02
Raymond H. Dings, Appellant, v. John Callahan and Russel N. Barrett, Appellees 1979-11-09
Dail H. Arnold, Appellee, v. Bradley J. Hershberger, A Minor, Appellant 1979-11-09
Richard M. Lill, Appellant, v. State of Kansas, Appellee 1979-11-09
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Appellant, v. The State Corporation Commission of Kansas, et al., Appellee 1979-11-09
In The Matter of The Estate of Alphonse Richard, Deceased 1979-11-09
George Alexander, Appellant, v. State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services of Kansas, Appellee 1979-11-16
Donna Jean Smith, as Natural Guardian and Next Friend for Justin Wade Smith, a Minor Child, Appellant, v. Gregory Simmons, Appellee 1979-11-16
William Harold Carlson, Appellant, v. Helen L. Carlson, Appellee 1979-11-16
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Carl E. Miller, Appellant 1979-11-16
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Otis Goodwin, Appellant 1979-11-21
Salt City Business College, Inc., and Richard L. Conard, Appellants, v. Ohio Casualty Insurance Company and Federal Insurance Company, Appellees 1979-11-21
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Mike Knox, Appellant 1979-11-21
Urban Renewal Agency of the Wichita, Kansas, Metropolitan Area, Appellant, v. Gospel Mission Church and School, and Lee Etta Hampton, George Boston, and Mary Joe Johnston, Trustees of Gospel Mission Church and School, Appellees 1979-11-30
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Robert B. Stoops, Appellant 1979-11-30
Otto J. Koerner, Appellee, v. Custom Components, Inc., Elmer Wiechman and Terry Wiechman, Appellants 1979-11-30
Patricia J. Alley, Appellee, v. Kenneth C. Alley, Appellant 1979-11-30
In The Matter of The Estate of Italo Giacomini, Deceased 1979-11-30
Burrton Education Association, Appellee, v. Unified School District 369 and its Members: Eldon Baumann, Joel Goering, James Gandy, Francis E. Luginbill, and John Gray, Appellants 1979-11-30
In the Matter of the Estate of Claude Means, Deceased 1979-12-07
In the Matter of the Estate of Erie L. Kempkes, Deceased 1979-12-07
Nancy Wachholz, Appellee, v. John Wachholz, Appellant 1979-12-07
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Tyrone P. Smith, Appellant 1979-12-07
Donald Lewis, Appellant, v. Anne Lewis, Appellee 1979-12-07
Barbara Geier and Norman Geier, and Randy Geier, Appellants, v. Steven L. Wikel, Appellee 1979-12-14
William J. Ramsey d/b/a Kinsley Automotive; The Kinsley Cooperative Exchange; and L. W. Wood d/b/a Bills Standard Service, Appellees, v. Ollie B. Adams, Appellant 1979-12-14
Val Gene Williams, Appellant, v. Johnnie Darr, Sheriff of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Appellee 1979-12-14
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Keith M. Wright, Appellant 1979-12-14
Gene Cain and Mary Louise Cain, his wife, Landowners, Appellees, v. City of Topeka, Kansas, a Municipal Corporation, Appellant 1979-12-14
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Jeanette Conner, Appellant 1979-12-21
In the Matter of the Petition of Elmer Hall for Public Road. Elmer Hall, Appellant, v. Twin Caney Watershed Joint District No. 34, of Chautauqua, Montgomery, and Elk Counties, Kansas, and Emil F. Carra, Appellees 1979-12-21
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Marvin Bernard Davis, Appellant 1979-12-21
City of Topeka, Kansas, Appellee, v. James D. Martin, Appellant 1979-12-21
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. William D. Buckle and Alta Buckle, Appellants 1979-12-28
Wichita Great Empire Broadcasting, Inc., A Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lloyd L. Gingrich, Frances L. Gingrich, Bank of Commerce, A Corporation, Defendants-Appellees, v. Locke Abstract Company, Inc., and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Third-Party Defendants-Appellants 1979-12-28
Dennis E. Mitchell, a Minor, by and Through Linda Lou Mitchell, His Mother and Next Friend, and Dennis Edward Mitchell, and Linda Lou Mitchell, Individually, Appellants, v. James Wiltfong and Linda Wiltfong, Appellees 1979-12-28
State of Kansas, Appellee, v. Nathanial Burnett, Jr., Appellant 1979-12-28
State of Kansas, Appellant, v. Gregory Patmon, Dorothea Petty, Deborah Turner, Rickey Dudley, and Rosa Thompson, Appellees 1979-12-28
Tanya Hoyer, Appellee, v. Clyde and Laura Cannedy, Appellants 1979-12-28
State Of Kansas, Appellee, v. Mary Cutshall, Colvin Cutshall, and Earnie L. Cutshall, Appellants 1979-12-28