WENDT v. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MED. CENTER

No. 86,523.

274 Kan. 966 (2002)

59 P.3d 325

WILLIAM EDGAR WENDT, Appellant/Cross-appellee, v. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER, et al., Appellees/Cross-appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. Benson II, of Arthur Benson & Associates, of Kansas City, Missouri, argued the cause, and Aften P. McKinney, of the same firm, was with him on the briefs for appellant/cross-appellee.

John C. McFadden, special assistant attorney general, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellees/cross-appellants David Lewin, Richard Robards, University of Kansas Medical Center, University of Kansas, State of Kansas, and Donald Hagen.

Patricia A. Sexton, of Polsinelli Shalton & Welte, P.C., of Kansas City, Missouri, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellees/cross-appellants Irene Cumming and David Cobb.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

ALLEGRUCCI, J.:

This is a retaliatory discharge case in which William Wendt sued his former employer, the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), the University of Kansas (KU), and five individual defendants, Irene Cumming, Donald Hagen, Richard Robards, David Cobb, and David Lewin. The district court dismissed Wendt's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) claims against KUMC and...

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