McDERMOTT v. KANSAS PUBLIC SERV. CO.

No. 57,184

238 Kan. 462 (1986)

712 P.2d 1199

LEROY McDERMOTT, Appellee, v. KANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justice B. King, of Fisher, Patterson, Sayler & Smith, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Olin Petefish, of Petefish, Curran & Immel, of Lawrence, and Glenn McCann, of Knipmeyer, McCann, Fish & Smith, of Kansas City, Missouri, were with him on the brief for appellant.

Pedro Luis Irigonegaray, of Irigonegaray, Eye & Florez, of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellee.

Thomas L. Theis and Jeffrey W. Jones, of Sloan, Listrom, Eisenbarth, Sloan & Glassman, of Topeka, were on the brief for amicus curiae Kansas Association of Defense Counsel.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

MILLER, J.:

This is an appeal by defendant, Kansas Public Service Company, from a judgment entered against it and in favor of the plaintiff, LeRoy McDermott, following a jury trial in Douglas County. This is a companion case to Kearney v. Kansas Public Service Co., 233 Kan. 492, 665 P.2d 757 (1983)...

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