TRAVELERS CAS. INS. v. KARNS

No. 121,344.

499 P.3d 491 (2021)

TRAVELERS CASUALTY INSURANCE, Appellant, v. Larry G. KARNS and OneBeacon American Insurance Company, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed September 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Townsley and Lyndon W. Vix , of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C., of Wichita, for appellant Travelers Casualty Insurance.

Glenn H. Griffeth , special assistant attorney general, Kansas Department of Labor, for appellee Larry G. Karns.

Timothy A. Emerson , of Wallace Saunders, Chtd., of Wichita, for appellee Kansas Workers Compensation Fund.

Kip A. Kubin , of Martin Pringle, of Overland Park, for appellee OneBeacon American Insurance Company.

Before Arnold-Burger, C.J., Hill and Atcheson, JJ.


Sometimes even an appellate court can overlook the obvious and complicate a case beyond the recognition of the parties. That is what happened here. At one point, the parties presented this court with a straightforward question: Could the Director of the Workers Compensation Fund (Fund) deny a request for payment from the Fund...

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