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LATERRA v. TREASTER

No. 67,128

17 Kan. App. 2d 714 (1992)

844 P.2d 724

STEVEN MICHAEL LATERRA, a Minor, by and through COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK and CAROLE GREENE, as Coconservators of the Conservatorship of STEVEN MICHAEL LATERRA, Appellee, v. STEVEN D. TREASTER, as Special Administrator for the Estate of SHERYL STEERE, Deceased, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 18, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard R. Frischer and Lee Hardee, of Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown and Enochs, Chartered, of Overland Park, for appellant.

Benjamin M. Kieler and Victor A. Bergman, of Shamberg, Johnson, Bergman & Morris, Chartered, of Overland Park, for appellee.

Before GERNON, P.J., DAVIS and RULON, JJ.

GERNON, J.:

Steven D. Treaster, as special administrator for the estate of Sheryl Steere, (Treaster) appeals from a jury verdict which awarded $500,000 to Steven Michael Laterra in a wrongful death action against Steere's estate.

FACTS

The underlying facts are tragic and undisputed. On July 11, 1989, Sheryl Steere committed suicide. She died in her garage from carbon monoxide fumes after starting her car and allowing the engine...

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