APODACA v. WILLMORE

No. 111,987.

392 P.3d 529 (2017)

Juan A. APODACA, Appellant, v. Mark WILLMORE, Matthew Willmore, and Oak River Insurance Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 14, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger D. Fincher , of Bryan, Lykins, Hejtmanek & Fincher, of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.

Joel W. Riggs , of Larson & Blumreich Chartered, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Craig C. Blumreich , of the same firm, was on the brief for appellee.


In this appeal from summary judgment granted to the defendants in district court, we decide whether to extend a common-law tort doctrine known as the firefighter's rule to law enforcement officers.

We hold that the firefighter's rule first enunciated by this court in Calvert v. Garvey...

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