JENKINS v. CITY OF BONNER SPRINGS

No. 48,995

1 Kan. App. 2d 727 (1977)

573 P.2d 1110

ROBERT E. JENKINS, Appellee, v. CITY OF BONNER SPRINGS, KANSAS, a Municipal Corporation, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Petition for review denied February 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald H. Corson, Jr., and Thomas E. Osborn, of Kansas City, for the appellant.

D. Gary Hunter, of Williamson, Cubbison, Hardy & Hunter, of Kansas City, for the appellee.

Frank Bien, of Topeka, was on the brief amicus curiae, for the League of Kansas Municipalities.

Before ABBOTT, P.J., SPENCER and PARKS, JJ.


PARKS, J.:

This is an action for damages resulting from personal injuries caused by a mob. The jury awarded a $2,500 judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Robert E. Jenkins. The city appeals.

Plaintiff, in the company of his teammates (the Barristers) and their scorekeeper, Murray Rhodes, were seated in the bleachers of the Bonner Springs Junior High School watching a basketball game between the Ghetto Gang and the Five. When one of the players on the Ghetto...

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