Neumer v. Yellow Freight System, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Foth, C.:

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the workman appeals from the trial court’s judgment that the Kansas act is not applicable to his injury, which was admittedly sustained in Missouri.

Since the accident occurred in Missouri, the Kansas act would not be applicable unless the contract of employment was “made” in Kansas. K. S. A. (now 1975 Supp.) 44-506; Morrison v. Hurst Drilling Co., 212 Kan. 706, 512 P. 2d 438. (The 1974 amendment, dealing with a “principal place of employment” within the state, has no applicability here.) The trial…