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BETTS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 55,827

236 Kan. 108 (1984)

689 P.2d 795

ULYSSES BETTS, et al., Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed October 26, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephan B. Rhudy, of Stephen B. Rhudy, Chartered, of Lawrence, argued the cause, and Kari Suzanne Schmidt, of Wichita, was with him on the briefs for the appellants/cross-appellees.

Arthur P. Greenfield, of Winston & Strawn, of Phoenix, Arizona, and John J. Jurcyk, Jr., of McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A., of Kansas City, argued the cause, and W. Charles Thomson, III, and Ellen J. Waxman, of Winston & Strawn, of Phoenix, Arizona, were with them on the brief for the appellee/cross-appellant.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRAGER, J.:

This is a consolidated action to recover damages for wrongful deaths and personal injuries arising out of an automobile collision which occurred on the Kansas Turnpike on November 5, 1978, in Leavenworth County. The factual circumstances surrounding the accident were essentially undisputed and involved a high-speed, head-on collision between a 1974 Ford pickup truck driven by Richard C. Jones and a 1973...

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