Castoreno Ex Rel. Castoreno v. Western Indemnity Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

This is an action by two sets of plaintiffs for recovery of money from a liability insurer and the administrator of an estate based upon alleged improper handling of multiple claims arising out of an automobile collision. The trial court dismissed the action as to the administrator and later entered summary judgment in favor of the insurance company. Plaintiffs bring the matter here.

The two claims in this case arose out of the same collision involved in In re Estate of Lohse v. Rubow, 207 Kan. 36, 483 P. 2d 1048.

On June 3, 1967, in Labette…