PATTERSON v. COWLEY COUNTY

Nos. 114,705, 114,707.

388 P.3d 923 (2017)

Rochelle PATTERSON, Mother and Next Best Friend of Nicolette Patterson, a Minor, and Gavin Patterson, a Minor, Appellant, v. COWLEY COUNTY, Kansas, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, and Bolton Township, (Elaine Selenke as Heir-at-Law of Cortney Brewer, Deceased), Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 27, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffery L. Carmichael , of Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chartered, of Wichita, for appellant.

Charles E. Millsap and Lyndon W. Vix , of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C., of Wichita, for appellee Cowley County, Kansas.

Edward L. Keeley , of McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, P.A., of Wichita, for appellee Bolton Township.

Donald A. McKinney , of Wichita, for appellee Elaine Selenke.

Before Malone, C.J., Standridge, J., and Hebert, S.J.


This interlocutory appeal arises out of wrongful death actions brought by the heirs (the plaintiffs) of two individuals who were killed in a single-vehicle accident on a road that dead ends at the banks of the Arkansas River. The plaintiffs filed wrongful death claims against Cowley County, Bolton Township, and the Kansas Department...

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