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   State Courts - Kansas - April 27, 2007

  
Baska v. Scherzer, No. 94,879, SUPREME COURT OF KANSAS, April 27, 2007, Opinion Filed
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Overview: Where an injured party was punched by two fighters when she stepped between them to stop the fight, her action against the fighters was barred by the statute of limitations in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-514(b) for assault and battery because the fighters' acts of throwing punches were intentional actions and the doctrine of transferred intent applied.

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In re Arabia, No. 97,220, SUPREME COURT OF KANSAS, April 27, 2007, Opinion Filed
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Overview: Attorney was disbarred from practice of law in Kansas where he engaged in conduct that involved dishonesty, in violation of Kan. R. Prof. Conduct 8.4(c), when he drafted pleadings to change a friend's name and omitted material information regarding friend's criminal background; attorney assisted fugitive in remaining at large for nearly four years.

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In re Arbuckle, No. 97,691, SUPREME COURT OF KANSAS, April 27, 2007, Opinion Filed
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Overview: Attorney was disciplined because of violations of Kan. R. Prof. Conduct 1.1, Kan. R. Prof. Conduct 1.3, Kan. R. Prof. Conduct 1.4, Kan. R. Prof. Conduct 3.4, Kan. R. Prof. Conduct 8.1(b), and Kan. Sup. Ct. R. 207(b) by, inter alia, not representing client fully, failing to communicate with client, and failing to act with diligence and promptness.

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In re Black, No. 97,406, SUPREME COURT OF KANSAS, April 27, 2007, Opinion Filed
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Overview: Where a county attorney cashed checks from informal diversion program applicants, kept the cash in his desk, and delivered the funds to the treasurer without obtaining receipts, he violated Kan. R. Prof. Conduct 1.15(a) because he failed to safeguard the proceeds and failed to maintain proper records of the proceeds; censure was appropriate.

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In re Estate of Sauder, No. 93,556, SUPREME COURT OF KANSAS, April 27, 2007, Opinion Filed
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Overview: Under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-2506 and -2506a because tenant had worked and applied fertilizer to the farm property subject to oral sharecropping leases, he was occupying and cultivating the property, consequently, leases were in effect at time of his death because no notice of termination was provided by any landlord or tenant before March 1, 2004.

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In re Green, No. 97,896, SUPREME COURT OF KANSAS, April 27, 2007, Opinion Filed
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Overview: Attorney was indefinitely suspended from practice of law in Kansas for violating Kan. R. Prof. Conduct 1.1, 1.3, 1.4(a), 1.5(a), 1.15(a) and (b), 1.16(a) and (d), 3.2, 8.1(b), 8.4(b), and Kan. Sup. Ct. R. 207(b) by, inter alia, stipulating to dismissal of a client's case without the client's permission and converting advanced fees to personal use.

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In re Purinton, No. 97,590, SUPREME COURT OF KANSAS, April 27, 2007, Opinion Filed
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Overview: Attorney, who received two checks from a client, one for fees and one as a retained, was indefinitely suspended from the practice in law in Kansas for violating Kan. R. Prof. Conduct 1.15(a), 8.4(c) and Kan. Sup. Ct. R. 207(b) and 211(b), when the attorney cashed the checks and converted the funds to his personal use.

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In re Pyle, No. 96,579, SUPREME COURT OF KANSAS, April 27, 2007, Opinion Filed
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Overview: Where an attorney sent a letter to clients and friends discussing his prior disciplinary proceeding, he violated Kan. R. Prof. Conduct 8.4(d) because his letter constituted conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice by shifting blame for his discipline from himself to an allegedly crooked system; Rule 8.4(c) was not violated.

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Iron Horse Auto, Inc. v. Lititz Mut. Ins. Co., No. 96,772, SUPREME COURT OF KANSAS, April 27, 2007, Opinion Filed
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Overview: From an insured's suit against his insurer for its denial of a fire loss claim, judgment in favor of the insured's bank for damages pursuant to mortgage holder provisions of the insurance policy was proper as Kan. Stat. Ann. § 40-2,118(c) did not nullify or invalidate the standard mortgage clause or preclude the insurer from paying the bank.

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Poston v. Unified Sch. Dist. No. 387, No. 96,568, COURT OF APPEALS OF KANSAS, April 27, 2007, Opinion Filed
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Overview: Where a stepfather was injured at a school when a door bracket fell onto his head while he was in a commons area, the district was immune from liability under the recreational use exception of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-6104(o) because the commons area was directly adjacent to the gymnasium and provided direct access to it.

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