Davis v. Reed

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is a common law action for personal injuries and property damage resulting from an ordinary intersection collison in the City of Wichita, Kansas, between two motor vehicles on July 24, 1956. The action was filed twenty-two months after the accident.

The only question presented is whether a party who has a right to recover workmen s compensation, which he fails to assert against his employer, is required to bring his common law action against a third party wrongdoer within one year under the provisions of G. S. 1955 Supp., 44-504 (now…