DRAGON v. VANGUARD INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 90,039

277 Kan. 776 (2004)

89 P.3d 908

AUDIE DRAGON and JOHN HOWARD, For Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellees, v. VANGUARD INDUSTRIES, INC., VANGUARD PIPING SYSTEMS, INC., and VANGUARD PLASTICS, INC., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas

Opinion filed May 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Casey R. Law, of Bremyer & Wise, L.L.C., of McPherson, argued the cause and was on the briefs for the appellants Vanguard Industries, Inc. and Vanguard Piping Systems, Inc.

William H. Seiler, Jr., of McPherson, argued the cause and was on the briefs for the appellant Vanguard Plastics, Inc.

Rex A. Sharp, of Gunderson, Sharp & Walke, P.C., of Prairie Village, argued the cause, and Isaac L. Diel and Todd R. Seelman, of Diel & Seelman, P.C., of Prairie Village, and David B. Cohen, of Scarsdale, New York, were with him on the brief for the appellees.


The opinion was delivered by

LUCKERT, J.

Plaintiffs Audie Dragon and John Howard are Georgia residents who filed suit on behalf of themselves and a nationwide class of property owners whose property contains polybutylene pipe manufactured from Mitsui resin. Plaintiffs allege this defective product, known as M pipe, was designed, manufactured, advertised, or sold by defendants.

The district court granted plaintiffs...

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