SHORT v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KAN

No. 118,688.

441 P.3d 1058 (2019)

Zachary SHORT, Appellant, v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew L. Bretz , of Bretz & Young, L.L.C., of Hutchinson, for appellant.

David S. Wooding and Anna C. Ritchie , of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P., of Wichita, for appellee.

Before Arnold-Burger, C.J., Atcheson, J., and Burgess, S.J.


The cardinal rule of contract interpretation is to ascertain the parties' intent. If the contract is unambiguous, we determine the parties' intent by the language of the contract alone. But if a contract has ambiguous language, we may consider extrinsic evidence to construe it.

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