Kline v. Multi-Media Cablevision, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

This is a certified question from the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, Honorable Patrick F. Kelly, judge. The question arises from an actual controversy between the parties.

The facts are undisputed. In October of 1980, employees of Multi-Media Cablevision, a South Carolina corporation, were working on the campus of Central College in McPherson. In the course of their employment, they removed a manhole cover. While the cover was displaced Bruce Kline, president of the college, rode by the work site on his bicycle. His…