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SCOTT v. HUGHES

No. 94,265.

281 Kan. 642 (2006)

BONNIE JEAN BRUNGARDT SCOTT, Surviving Spouse of JEFFREY WADE SCOTT, and the ESTATE OF JEFFREY WADE SCOTT, by and through its ADMINISTRATOR, BONNIE JEAN BRUNGARDT SCOTT, Appellees, v. CHRISTOPHER HUGHES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 28, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Townsley, III, of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C., of Wichita, argued the cause, and Lyndon W. Vix, of the same firm, was with him on the briefs for appellant.

Scott J. Mann, of Mann Law Offices, of Hutchinson, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BEIER, J.:

This interlocutory appeal in a wrongful death and survival action requires us to address potential limits on the exclusive remedy and tandem fellow servant doctrines of workers compensation law.

Jeffrey Wade Scott, an employee of Duke Drilling, Inc., was killed in a single-vehicle accident while he and others were being driven to a job site. The driver was...

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