Wilson v. Kansas Gas & Electric Co.

Carpenter, J.:

Defendants Gary Dale Paxson and Kansas Gas and Electric Company (KG&E) appeal a damage award entered in a wrongful death and survival action maintained on behalf of seven children who sought recovery for the death of their mother and her unborn child.

*337On November 3, 1982, an automobile driven by defendant Paxson struck Virginia Givens as she was crossing Harry Street near its intersection with Pinecrest in Wichita. She did not survive the accident. Virginia Givens was pregnant, and the child she was carrying was stillborn.

Defendant Paxson had neglected to turn on his headlights…