D S G Corp. v. Shelor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is an appeal by the Kansas Department of Human Resources (KDHR) from a district court decision finding that the agency’s interpretation of the Kansas Employment Security Law (K.S.A. 44-701 et seq.) relating to “successor” employers was erroneous as a matter of law. Specifically, the district court found that the appellee, D S G Corporation was not a “successor” employer to Centro Management, Inc., under the provisions of K.S.A. 44-710a(b)(l).

The facts in this case are undisputed and are as follows; In May of 1982, Centro Management,…