KIRKSEY v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

No. 43,205

190 Kan. 806 (1963)

378 P.2d 91

HAROLD C. KIRKSEY, Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Self-Insurer, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 26, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Scott Kelly, Jr., of Kansas City, Missouri, argued the cause, and R. Carter Tucker, John Murphy, William H. Wilson and Lucian Lane, all of Kansas City, Missouri, and Thomas M. Van Cleave, Jr., of Kansas City, were with him on the brief for the appellant.

Francis L. Smith, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and Lloyd Burke Bronston, of Kansas City, was with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRICE, J.:

This is a workmen's compensation case. Respondent employer (a self-insurer) has appealed from an award in favor of the injured workman.

Highly summarized, the factual background of the matter is this:

The workman, forty-seven years of age, had been employed by respondent corporation for twelve or thirteen years. On the date in question, December 15, 1959, he was employed at respondent's automobile...

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