Ellis v. Union Pacific Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, C.J.:

This is a comparative negligence action wherein Union Pacific Railroad Company (defendant-appellant) appeals the district court’s dismissal of Union Pacific’s claim for contribution in proportion to the percentage of causal negligence attributable to the governmental entities, City of Onaga, Mill Creek Township, and Pottawatomie County, Kansas (defendants-appellees), joined in the action pursuant to K.S.A. 60-258a(c).

Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule No. 3.05 (228 Kan. xlii), the parties to this appeal have agreed upon a statement of the…