Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Missouri Valley Steel, Inc.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided March 25, 1981No. 52,055PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Miller, J.:
Plaintiff, Michael J. Patterson, appeals from an order of the Osage District Court sustaining a motion to dismiss filed by Missouri Valley Steel, Inc., a dissolved corporation, and dismissing that defendant from this lawsuit. The sole issue is whether this action was timely commenced against Missouri Valley Steel.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries and wrong ful death arising out of the capsizing of the Whippoorwill showboat on Lake Pomona on June 17, 1978. The action is brought by Patterson, a passenger who sustained…
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