Mills v. City of Overland Park

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

This is a wrongful death and survivorship action seeking damages arising from the death of Timothy R. Mills. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, and plaintiffs appeal therefrom.

The facts may be summarized as follows. Timothy Mills was 19 years old at the time of the events in issue. On the afternoon of December 26, 1987, he and his friend Tom Tracy met and began drinking. They first went to the Shawnee Village Bowl, then drove around awhile drinking beer and wine coolers, purchased from liquor stores.

At…