Kansas Bd. of Regents v. Skinner

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

The district court set aside a Kansas medical center’s judgment for lack of personal jurisdiction over the debtor’s wife, who lived in Kansas and was separated from her husband, who lived in Arkansas. The medical center moved to reinstate the judgment, claiming the wife had waived her defense of lack of personal jurisdiction by filing a third-party petition. The district court denied the motion. The medical center appeals. The wife cross-appeals, claiming that even if she waived her defense of lack of personal jurisdiction, her status as a…