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SMITH v. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES

No. 59,029

240 Kan. 562 (1987)

731 P.2d 871

DONALD SMITH, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES, ESSEX GROUP, INC., WIRE AND CABLE DIVISION, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Patton, II, of Patton & Patton, of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellant.

Thomas H. Bornholdt, of Bornholdt, Landeck & Owens, of Overland Park, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFARLAND, J.:

This is an action by Donald Smith against his former employer, United Technologies, Essex Group, Inc., seeking damages arising from his discharge from employment. The jury found Smith had been discharged in retaliation for his filing of charges with the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights (KCCR) and awarded him $30,000 in actual damages and $25,000 in punitive damages. In its cross-appeal, United Technologies...

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