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· 10/30/1992

West v. Collins

Citations

  • 840 P.2d 435
  • 251 Kan. 657
  • 1992 Kan. LEXIS 159

How courts have described this case

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  • indicating that purpose of compulsory automobile liability insurance is to protect members of general public injured on highway through operation of covered automobile
  • Kansas Automobile Injury Reparations Act does not automatically impose liability on owner/insured for accident between covered permittee driver and uninsured motorist
  • Kansas Automobile Injury Reparations Act does not automatically impose liability on owner/insured for accident between covered permittee driver and uninsured motorist
  • interpretation of a statute is a question of law and court must interpret statute to give it the effect intended by the legislature
  • \Vicarious liability is a term generally applied to legal liability which arises solely because of a relationship and not because of any act of negligence by the person held vicariously liable for the act of another.\
  • “ ‘Vicarious liability is a term generally applied to legal liability which arises solely because of a relationship and not because of any act of negligence by the person held vicariously liable for the act of another.’ ”

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Judges: Abbott

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