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SLOCUM v. KANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 43,053

190 Kan. 747 (1963)

378 P.2d 51

DONN SLOCUM, a minor, by Goldie Foster, his mother and next friend, Appellant, v. THE KANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 26, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert A. Marshall, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Allen Meyers and Doral H. Hawks, both of Topeka, were with him on the brief for the appellant.

Lawrence D. Munns and Robert E. Russell, both of Topeka, argued the cause, and Harry W. Colmery and O.R. Stites, Jr., both of Topeka, were with them on the brief for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCHROEDER, J.:

This is a damage action wherein the plaintiff, a fourteen-year-old boy, was injured from a high voltage electrical transmission line while climbing in a tree and recovered a verdict in the sum of $95,000. The trial court ordered a new trial on the issue of damages, unless the plaintiff agreed in writing to accept a remittitur which would leave a judgment of...

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