Legal Opinion
Unruh v. City of Wichita
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided January 5, 2024No. 124254PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 124,254 JASON UNRUH, Appellant, v. CITY OF WICHITA, ET AL., Appellees. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Civil battery and negligence are discrete concepts in tort with different elements of proof. 2. Civil battery is the unprivileged touching or striking of one person by another, done with the intent of bringing about either a contact or an apprehension of contact that is harmful or offensive. Intent to inflict such contact or apprehension of such contact is a necessary element for the intentional tort of battery. 3. A negligence claim requires a…
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