Gates v. Goodyear

Greene, J.:

Edward E. Gates, Jr., appeals from a district court judgment against him, assessing actual and punitive damages for his conversion of the personal property of his former tenants, Beverly Goodyear and Jim Roberts. We dismiss Gates’ first two claims of error, concluding that his notice of appeal failed to designate the matters appealed from; we affirm the district court on Gates’ third claim of error, concluding that where no final pretrial conference is held, there was no contravention of K.S.A. 60-3703 in permitting the tenants to amend their petition to seek punitive damages after…