PATTON v. TIC UNITED CORP.

No. 91-2331-JWL.

859 F.Supp. 509 (1994)

Ryan M. PATTON and Kathy Strunk, Plaintiffs, v. TIC UNITED CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

July 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Patton, Patton Law Office, Hiawatha, KS, Robin G. Maxon, Topeka, KS, Gary D. McCallister, Chicago, IL, for Kathy Patton Strunk.

James A. Patton, Patton Law Office, Hiawatha, KS, Jerry R. Palmer, Palmer & Lowry, Topeka, KS, Gary D. McCallister, Chicago, IL, for Ryan M. Patton.

Curtis L. Tideman, Lathrop & Norquist, Gregory L. Musil, William V. North, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, Overland Park, KS, Daniel M. Dibble, Lathrop & Norquist, Kansas City, MO, Thomas A. Sheehan, R. Lawrence Ward, Mark A. Olthoff, Dennis D. Palmer, Philip W. Bledsoe, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, Kansas City, MO, for Lear Siegler Inc., Lear Siegler Diversified Holdings Corp.

Curtis L. Tideman, Lathrop & Norquist, Overland Park, KS, Daniel M. Dibble, Lathrop & Norquist, Jennifer H. McCoy, Brian J. Madden, Lathrop & Norquist, Kansas City, MO, for Hutchinson Wil-Rich Mfg. Co.

Daniel M. Dibble, Lathrop & Norquist, Kansas City, MO, for TIC United Corp., a Delaware corporation.

Gregory L. Musil, William V. North, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, Overland Park, KS, Thomas A. Sheehan, R. Lawrence Ward, Mark A. Olthoff, Dennis D. Palmer, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, Kansas City, MO, for Rapistan Corp., LS Acquisition Corp., No. 27, LSDHC Corp., LS Acquisition Corp. No. 50, LS Acquisition Corp. No. 6.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.

I. Introduction

On May 17, 1994, a jury returned its verdict in this product liability action assessing 76 percent of the fault for plaintiff Ryan Patton's serious injuries to defendant TIC United Corporation ("TIC") because of its breach of the duty to provide a post-sale warning. The jury also awarded damages, which led this court, following the application of Kansas' comparative fault statute...

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