Houston v. Kansas Highway Patrol

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

This appeal arises out of a workers’ compensation claim made by Dean O. Houston against his employer, the Kansas Highway Patrol. The award of the administrative law judge was upheld by the Workers’ Compensation Director. On appeal the district court affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded in part. The matter is before us on appeal therefrom by the claimant.

The factual background is not in serious dispute. Claimant has been a Kansas highway patrolman since 1957. At the time he was injured, claimant was a sergeant in the patrol’s…