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ELLIS v. FAIRCHILD

No. 48,410

221 Kan. 702 (1977)

562 P.2d 75

NANCEE K. ELLIS, widow, RANDAL SCOTT ELLIS, minor son, JEFFERY CHARLES ELLIS, minor son of Charles Lindell Ellis, deceased, Appellants, v. KENNETH FAIRCHILD, d/b/a KENNETH FAIRCHILD MID-CONTINENT AVIATION, INC. and SOUTHEASTERN AVIATION UNDERWRITERS, INC. and INSURANCE COMPANY of the STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, and MANN-KLINE, INC., Division of MARSH & McLENNAN, and CORKY NASON, agent for MANN-KLINE, INC., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 5, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Earnshaw, of Ivan & Earnshaw, of Shawnee Mission, argued the cause, and Janine D. Hassler, of the same firm, and David T. Martindale, of Kansas City, Missouri, were with him on the brief for the appellants.

Richmond M. Enochs, of Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown and Enochs, of Overland Park, argued the cause, and Barry E. Warren, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for the appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCHROEDER, J.:

This is an appeal wherein the surviving dependents of a deceased workman were awarded workmen's compensation benefits against Kenneth Fairchild, d/b/a Kenneth Fairchild Mid-Continent Aviation, Inc., the workman's direct employer who had just two weeks prior to the fatal aircraft accident purchased a flight training school from Mid-Continent Aviation, Inc. Unable to collect the award from the deceased...

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