HUGHES v. INLAND CONTAINER CORP.

No. 64,352

247 Kan. 407 (1990)

799 P.2d 1011

SHARON K. HUGHES, Claimant/Appellee, v. INLAND CONTAINER CORPORATION, Respondent/Appellant, and HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY, Carrier/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed October 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Ebbert, of Niewald, Waldeck, Norris & Brown, of Overland Park, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellants.

Michael L. Sexton, of Callen, Sexton & Shelor, of Kansas City, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellee.

Dennis L. Horner and Keith C. Sevedge, of Horner & Duckers, Chartered, of Kansas City, were on the brief for amicus curiae Kansas Association of Trial Lawyers.

John M Ostrowski and Jan L. Fisher, of McCullough, Wareheim & LaBunker, P.A., of Topeka, and Thomas E. Hammond, of Render & Kamas, of Wichita, were on the brief for amicus curiae Kansas AFL-CIO.

Kip A. Kubin, of Payne & Jones, Chartered, of Overland Park, was on the brief for amicus curiae Kansas Association of Defense Counsel.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

ALLEGRUCCI, J.:

This is an appeal by the employer, Inland Container Corporation, and its insurance carrier, Highlands Insurance Company, from the judgment of the district court awarding compensation to the claimant, Sharon K. Hughes. The administrative law judge had denied the claim. The director of the Kansas Division of Workers Compensation had affirmed this decision. In an appeal to the district court, the district...

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