BATES v. KANSAS DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 88,757

31 Kan.App. 2d 513 (2003)

67 P.3d 168

DOYCE BATES, Appellant, v. STATE OF KANSAS, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kansas

Opinion filed April 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Beam-Ward and Lisa Maturo, of Hill, Beam-Ward & Kruse, LLC., of Overland Park, for the appellant.

Lisa Mendoza and Edward F. Britton, Jr., special assistant attorneys general, for the appellee.

Before MARQUARDT, P.J., LEWIS and PIERRON, JJ.


PIERRON, J:

Doyce Bates appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment to the State of Kansas, Department of Corrections (DOC) in his personal injury action.

On April 7, 1998, inmate Bates was operating a road grader at the Lansing Correctional Facility. While operating it, he suffered severe injuries including crush injuries to his pelvis and back as well as a severed urethra.

Bates subsequently filed suit against the State and the DOC...

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