Carlson v. Ferguson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

This negligence case focuses on jury instructions concerning the statutory rear lighting requirements for fertilizer nurse tanks towed during daylight hours. See K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 8-1427; K.S.A. 8-1701(c); K.S.A. 8-1703; K.S.A. 8-1718. Defendants Dale Ferguson and Valley Fertilizer & Seed, L.L.C. (Valley) appeal a jury verdict finding Valley 100% at fault. The litigation arose from a collision between defendant-cross claimant Abram Ready Mix’s (Abram) semitrailer rig and a fertilizer nurse tank towed behind Valley’s pickup truck.

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