GILLESPIE v. SEYMOUR

No. 68,691

253 Kan. 169 (1993)

853 P.2d 692

WARREN BROWN GILLESPIE and POLLY GILLESPIE TOWNSEND, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. DOROTHEA WOFFORD SEYMOUR, as Co-Trustee of the BROWN-GILLESPIE TRUST ESTATE; DOROTHEA WOFFORD SEYMOUR, individually; PAUL A. SEYMOUR, JR.[*]; PAUL SEYMOUR, III; RUTH BASSETT; ROBERT W. BURDGE; GRANT THORNTON, an accounting partnership; ARROWHEAD PETROLEUM, INC., a Kansas corporation; and BIG SPRINGS DRILLING, INC., a Kansas corporation, Defendants/[*]Appellant, and DOROTHEA WOFFORD SEYMOUR, as Co-Trustee of the BROWN-GILLESPIE TRUST ESTATE; and DOROTHEA WOFFORD SEYMOUR, Individually, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. JAMES PAUL GILLESPIE, Executor of the Estate of Pauline Brown Gillespie, Deceased, Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry L. Mann, of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Swartz, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Robert Martin, of the same firm, was with him on the briefs for appellant.

Jerry D. Bogle, of Young, Bogle, McCausland, Wells & Clark, P.A., of Wichita, argued the cause, and Glenn D. Young, Jr., of the same firm, was with him on the brief for appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFARLAND, J.:

This is an appeal from an award of punitive damages entered in an action by the beneficiaries of a trust for recovery of damages for oil and gas investments made by the Trust.

The factual background is complex and is set forth in Gillespie v. Seymour, 250 Kan. 123, 823 P.2d 782 (1991), hereinafter referred

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