· 10/30/1992
West v. Collins
Citations
- 840 P.2d 435
- 251 Kan. 657
- 1992 Kan. LEXIS 159
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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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