Legal Opinion
Greenwood v. McDonough Power Equipment, Inc.
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided September 27, 1977No. 77-4087PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ROGERS, District Judge.
This is a products liability action which comes before the Court upon defendant’s motion to dismiss. The motion raises serious questions concerning the interaction of the Kansas comparative negligence statute, specifically subsection (c) of K.S.A. 60-258a, with concepts of federal diversity jurisdiction.
Plaintiff is a citizen of Kansas who was injured by a lawnmower manufactured by defendant, which is not a citizen of Kansas. The action is governed by the Kansas comparative negligence statute, K.S.A. 60-258a. 1 Subsection (c) of that statute states…
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