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JACKS v. CLOUGHLEY

No. 45,342

203 Kan. 699 (1969)

457 P.2d 175

LEONARD L. JACKS, Appellee, v. ROY CLOUGHLEY, CHARLES GLENN, DON DOWDALL and PAUL HANCOCK, Appellants, and HAYDEN WYLIE, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 17, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Thompson, of Kansas City, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellants.

John Fields, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and David W. Carson, John K. Dear, Ernest N. Yarnevich, John William Mahoney and Joseph T. Carey, all of Kansas City, were with him on the brief for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by SCHROEDER, J.:

This is an action for assault and battery brought by the plaintiff against the defendants, members of the Wyandotte township volunteer fire department, seeking actual damages in the amount of $100,000 and punitive damages in the amount of $100,000 as the result of an alleged assault occurring while the defendants were putting out a fire on the plaintiff's property.

The case was tried to a jury which...

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