Hinton v. S. S. Kresge Co.

Swinehart, J.:

This is an appeal by S. S. Kresge Company, a self-insured employer, from a judgment entered by the district court absolving the Kansas Workers’ Compensation Fund from liability for injuries suffered by Sandra Jean Hinton, claimant employee, during the course of her employment with S. S. Kresge Company.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in concluding that the employer did not have knowledge that claimant was a handicapped employee within the meaning of K.S.A. 44-567, though she had been retained in the employment of Kresge Company following a…