OMI HOLDINGS, INC. v. HOWELL

No. 75,566.

260 Kan. 305 (1996)

918 P.2d 1274

OMI HOLDINGS, INC., Plaintiff, v. JOHN M. HOWELL, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron L. Gregory, of McDermott, Will & Emery, of Chicago, Illinois, argued the cause, and Roger W. Wenthe and Michael S. Schachter, of the same firm, and Douglas M. Greenwald, of McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A., of Kansas City, and Professor William E. Westerbeke, of the University of Kansas School of Law, of Lawrence, were with him on the brief for the plaintiff.

Jerome H. Eschmann, of Ascough, Eschmann, Oyler, P.A., of Topeka, argued the cause, and Bradley A. Winters and James W. Erwin, of Thompson & Mitchell, of St. Louis, Missouri, were with him on the brief for the defendant.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

ABBOTT, J.:

This case is before the court on three questions certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit pursuant to the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, K.S.A. 60-3201 et seq. The questions are:

I. "Whether Kansas law recognizes a civil cause of action for embracery against an expert witness who causes a civil jury case to end in a mistrial as a result of his...

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