C.J.W. ex rel. L.W. v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Holmes, C.J.:

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, C.J.W., a minor, from an order of the district court granting the defendant, State of Kansas, summary judgment. The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the district court in an unpublished opinion filed September 18, 1992. We granted plaintiff’s petition for review and now reverse the Court of Appeals and the district court.

In the district court, the plaintiff sued the State of Kansas and a named individual. As both the plaintiff and the individual defendant were minors subject to juvenile…