Legal Opinion
Simpson v. City of Topeka
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Decided October 14, 2016No. 114484PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Powell, J.:
The Plaintiffs are former City of Topeka (City) employees who worked in the City’s Parks and Recreation Department before it was consolidated with the Shawnee County (County) Parks and Recreation Department and whose employment was transferred from the City to the County with no lost work time and no days unemployed. They later sued the City, seeking severance pay and damages pursuant to three theories of relief: breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation, and unpaid earned wages under the Kansas Wage Payment Act (KWPA), K.S.A. 44-313 et seq. The district court granted the…
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