Coe v. Security National Insurance

Foth, C.J.:

This is an action for survivors’ benefits under the Kansas automobile injury reparations act, the so-called “No-Fault” insurance law, K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 40-3101 et seq. The basic issue presented is the proper method of computing an insured’s anticipated annual earnings when the insured was unemployed at the time of death but had reasonable expectations of regular employment and a past employment record including both regular and occasional employment.

Most of the operative facts are contained in the trial court’s memorandum:

“Alice E. Coe died as a result of injuries she sustained…