Patterson v. Brouhard

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

Maynard Patterson (plaintiff/appellant) appeals the entry of summary judgment for Richard W. Brouhard (defendant/ appellee) in a personal injury action. The district court sustained Brouhard’s motion for summary judgment on the theory that Patterson’s negligence claim should have been brought as a compulsory cross-claim against Brouhard in the case of John Hoffer Chrysler Corporation v. Maynard L. Patterson and Richard W. Brouhard, a limited actions claim filed in Shawnee County. That case had been dismissed with prejudice at the request of…