SCOTT v. HUGHES

No. 102,690.

275 P.3d 890 (2012)

Bonnie Jean Brungardt SCOTT, surviving spouse of Jeffery Wade Scott, and the Estate of Jeffery Wade Scott, by and through its Administrator, Bonnie Jean Brungardt Scott, Jeffrey Wagner, and Adam Stein, Appellees, v. Christopher HUGHES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

May 4, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Scott J. Mann , of Mann Law Offices, LLC, of Hutchinson, argued the cause, and Michael J. Wyatt , of the same firm, and Matthew L. Bretz , of Bretz Law Offices, LLC, of Hutchinson, and Mitchell W. Rice , of the same firm, were with him on the brief for appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BEIER, J.:

This is an appeal by defendant Christopher Hughes after a jury verdict against him in this negligence action. Hughes was the driver in a one-car accident that killed passenger Jeffery Wade Scott and injured passengers Jeffrey Wagner and Adam Stein. At the time of the accident, the four were traveling together to work on a drilling crew for employer Duke Drilling, Inc. (Duke Drilling). Hughes challenges the district...

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