KPERS v. KUTAK ROCK

No. 87,044.

273 Kan. 481 (2002)

44 P.3d 407

KANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Appellant, v. KUTAK ROCK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Rice, of Schroer Rice P.A., of Topeka, argued the cause, and Gene E. Schroer, of the same firm; Eugene I. Pavalon and Geoffrey L. Gifford, of Pavalon, Gifford, Laatsch & Marino, of Chicago; Robert F. Coleman and Eugene J. Schiltz, of Robert F. Coleman & Associates, of Chicago; and George W. Spellmire and Denise A. Johnson, of D'Ancona & Pflaum LLC, of Chicago, were with him on the briefs for appellant.

Russell S. Jones, Jr., of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., of Kansas City, argued the cause, and R. Lawrence Ward and Kurt D. Tilton, of the same firm, were with him on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

ALLEGRUCCI, J.:

The Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) sought damages from the law firm of Kutak Rock for losses from investments in Sharoff Food Service, Inc. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Kutak Rock. KPERS appeals. The case was transferred from the Court of Appeals on KPERS's motion. K.S.A. 20-3017.

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