Snead ex rel. Snead v. Zephyr Transport, Inc.

BERREY, Presiding Judge.

Decedent, Daniel J. Cordes, was killed in an automobile collision on October 19,1987. The accident occurred on 1-35 near Ottawa, Kansas, when the car the decedent was riding in was struck in the rear by a tractor-trailer truck driven by Richard W. Carey. Mr. Carey is employed by Zephyr Transport Inc. and was within the scope of his employment at the time of the accident. The decedent suffered severe injuries in the accident and died shortly thereafter.

Joshua D. Cordes is the decedent’s only child by his first marriage. Appellants contend the decedent had two more…