M. Bruenger & Co. v. Dodge City Truck Stop, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that ”[t]he leaving of the keys in the ignition of an unlocked and unattended vehicle parked on an outdoor lot at night is negligence as a matter of law”
• concluding that the trial court erred by requiring the jury to compare the negligence of a bailee with the intentional conduct of a thief who stole and subsequently destroyed a tractor-trailer rig left in the bailee’s possession
• holding the district court should not have permitted the fault of the negligent bailee to be compared with that of the intentional act of the thief
• holding the district court should not have permitted the fault of the negligent bailee to be compared with that of the intentional act of the thief
• noting the Kansas Supreme Court has also applied the comparative fault statute to cases involving strict liability in tort and breach of implied warranty
• noting the Kansas Supreme Court has also applied the comparative fault statute to cases involving strict liability in tort and breach of implied warranty

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