Legal Opinion
Brillhart v. Scheier
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 11, 1988No. 61,430PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Herd, J.:
This is an appeal of a personal injury action wherein a summary judgment was entered in favor of the Catholic Diocese of Wichita. The district court ruled the negligence of Father Steven Scheier, pastor of a Catholic parish, could not be imputed to the diocese.
Appellants were injured when their pickup was struck by a car driven by Father Scheier, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Fredonia. The parish is now part of the Catholic Diocese of Wichita, a not-for-profit organization incorporated in the State of Kansas, although it existed well before…
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