WRIGHT v. KANSAS WATER OFFICE

No. 70,196

255 Kan. 990 (1994)

881 P.2d 567

LEE WRIGHT, Appellee, v. KANSAS WATER OFFICE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed September 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Plinsky, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, was with him on the brief for appellant.

Wesley A. Weathers, of Weathers & Riley, of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SIX, J.:

This is a novel civil service employment termination case. The primary questions are whether the plaintiff, a state classified employee whose position was declassified and terminated by the legislature, was employed by written contract and whether the plaintiff's wrongful termination claim is controlled by K.S.A. 60-511, a five-year statute of limitations. In resolving the statute of limitations issue, we...

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