HERINGTON v. CITY OF WICHITA

No. 120,329.

500 P.3d 1168 (2021)

Dawn HERINGTON, Individually, and as Mother and Next Friend of B.D.J.L., Minor Child and Heir-at-Law of Troy Lanning II, and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Troy Lanning II, Appellant, v. CITY OF WICHITA, Appellee, and City of Wichita Police Department Officer Randy Williamson, Individually, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Thompson , of Malone, Dwire & Thompson, LLC, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellant.

David R. Cooper , of Fisher Patterson, Sayler & Smith, L.L.P., of Topeka, argued the cause, and Samuel A. Green and J. Steven Pigg , of the same firm, were with him on the briefs for appellee.

Marcia A. Wood , of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P., of Wichita, was on the brief for amicus curiae Kansas Association of Defense Counsel.

Theodore J. Lickteig , of Lickteig Law Firm, LLC, of Lenexa, and Donald N. Peterson II and Sean McGivern , of Graybill & Hazlewood, LLC, of Wichita, were on the brief for amicus curiae National Employment Lawyers Association, Kansas City Chapter.


Following the shooting death of her son by Wichita Police Officer Randy Williamson, Dawn Herington, as mother and administrator of her deceased son's estate (Herington), sued the City of Wichita and Williamson (defendants) in the United States District

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