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KOHLER v. KANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 43,330

192 Kan. 226 (1963)

387 P.2d 149

KENNETH L. KOHLER and EVA M. KOHLER, Appellees, v. THE KANSAS POWER and LIGHT COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 7, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Fisher, Jr., of Topeka, argued the cause, and O. B. Eidson, Philip H. Lewis, James W. Porter, Peter F. Caldwell, William G. Haynes, Roscoe E. Long, Harry W. Colmery, Robert E. Russell and Lawrence D. Munns, all of Topeka, were with him on the briefs for appellant.

David H. Heilman, of Council Grove, argued the cause and was on the briefs for the appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, J.:

This was an action to recover actual and punitive damages to the residence and property of the plaintiffs as a result of the electrical current being shut off by the defendant, causing frozen meat to spoil. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $6,060.45 actual damages, and awarded them punitive damages in the sum of $4,000.

The sole question presented is whether...

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