Legal Opinion
Potts v. Board of County Commissioners
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Decided February 22, 2008No. 97,828PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Caplinger, J.:
Plaintiffs, Tamara Potts (Potts) and James Wilson (James), as heirs at law, and Potts, as special administrator of the Estate of Ella Aleñe Wilson, deceased (Aleñe), appeal the district court’s order granting summary judgment to the defendants, the Board of County Commissioners of Leavenworth County (Leavenworth County) and Leavenworth County emergency medical technicians (EMTs), Karl Hendry (Hendry), and Michael Baxter (Baxter), on plaintiffs’ state law tort claims of negligence and wrongful death, as well as their claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000).
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Fudge v. City of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Kansas · 1986
- Johnson v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
- Jarboe v. Board of Sedgwick County Comm'rsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1997
- Fettke v. City of WichitaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1998
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Estate of Belden v. Brown CountyCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2011
- Estate of Thomas v. County CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2008
- Potts v. BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTYCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2008
- Thomas v. COUNTY COM'RS OF SHAWNEE COUNTYCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2008
- Lovitt ex rel. Bahr v. Board of County CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2009
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