· 5/15/1981
Sandifer Motors, Inc. v. City of Roeland Park
Citations
- 628 P.2d 239
- 6 Kan. App. 2d 308
- 1981 Kan. App. LEXIS 247
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that where allegations of negligence give rise to a claim for nuisance, Kansas courts apply “the rules applicable to negligence”
- holding it was proper for the jury to allocate responsibility for landowner’s damages as between city and landowner where evidence only showed that the city’s conduct created a condition posing an undue risk of harm and not that it had intended to damage the plaintiff
- flood nuisance case, stating that “where tort liability is predicated on conduct less culpable than ‘intentional,’ the general rule is to compare fault and causation.”
- affirming verdict that allocated fault to unknown third parties
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Judges: Foth, Parks, Swinehart
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