Legal Opinion
Copeland v. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1998No. 96-3181PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Janey Copeland was injured in a 1988 automobile accident when she was ejected from the Toyota truck she was driving. Invoking the district court’s diversity jurisdiction, Copeland sued and then settled with Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. and Toyota Motor Corporation (collectively “Toyota”). Thereafter, the United States District Court for the District of Kansas ordered that essentially all the net settlement proceeds be paid to the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (“SRS”) pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 39-719a as reimbursement for the…
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