Johnson v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.;

This water law case is on appeal from summary judgment. Plaintiffs Oneita and Clara Johnson sued defendants Board of County Commissioners of Pratt County (the County) and Mid-Continent Engineers (MCE) for negligent design and construction of a new bridge over the Ninnescah River, upstream from their properties. The Johnsons seek recovery for erosion damage resulting from flooding of the Ninnescah in 1988 and 1991, which they assert was caused by the new bridge. The County filed a third-party claim for indemnification against the Kansas…