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FARMERS GROUP, INC. v. LEE

No. 85,354.

29 Kan. App.2d 382 (2001)

28 P.3d 413

FARMERS GROUP, INC., FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE, TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE, FIRE INSURANCE EXCHANGE, MIDCENTURY INSURANCE COMPANY, FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., and FARMERS NEW WORLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellants/Cross-appellees, v. TERRY G. LEE, Appellee, and CAROL N. ARNOLD, MAURICE W. BOURQUIN, DAWN R. LANSING, and DOUGLAS A. LANSING, Intervenors/Appellees/ Cross-appellants.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha A. Halvordson, of Bioff Finucane Coffey & Holland, LLP, of Kansas City, Missouri, for appellants/cross-appellees.

Terry G. Lee, pro se appellee.

Richard T. Merker and James L. MowBray, of Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown & Enochs, Chartered, of Overland Park, for intervenors/cross-appellants.

Before PIERRON, P.J., GREEN and BEIER, JJ.

BEIER, J.:

This case arises out of a dispute between Terry Lee and his former employer, Farmers Group, Inc., and its related entities (Farmers). It requires us to decide whether Kansas public policy permits an employer to buy a former employee's silence about nonconfidential matters and thus prevent the employee from testifying on behalf of or otherwise assisting third parties who bring claims against the employer.

Lee worked for Farmers as a branch claims...

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