Kimple v. Foster

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

This action was commenced by the three plaintiffs, John Stanley Kimple, Ernest I. Stahly and Larry A. Morris, to recover for personal injuries sustained while guests at The Roaring Sixties, a Wichita nightspot. The case was tried to a jury which awarded damages to each plaintiff in the sum of $6500. The defendant, Rill G. Foster, owner of the offending tavern, has appealed.

For the three victims, the evening of July 7, 1966, began innocently enough. The men met in the afternoon for a business conference, following which they had dinner…