Case Title: Everett v. Blue Cross-Blue Shield Ass'n

Citation: 225 Kan. 63, 587 P.2d 873

Docket Number: 48,957

State: kansas

Court: Kansas Supreme Court

Date: 1978-12-09T00:00:00Z

Document:
225 Kan. 63 (1978)
587 P.2d 873
MARY FRANCES EVERETT, Complainant, and THE KANSAS COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS, Appellants,
v.
BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 48,957

Supreme Court of Kansas.
Opinion filed December 9, 1978.
Roger W. Lovett, of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellants.
Thomas E. Wright, of Goodell, Cogswell, Stratton, Edmonds, Palmer & Wright, of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellee.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
HOLMES, J.:
This is an appeal by Mary Frances Everett and The Kansas Commission on Civil Rights from an order of the district court of Shawnee County in favor of the respondent, Blue Cross-Blue Shield Association.
At the outset we are confronted with a matter of jurisdiction. Appellant Mary Frances Everett was successful on her initial complaint filed with the Commission under the provisions of the Kansas act against discrimination, K.S.A. 44-1001 et seq. Blue Cross-Blue Shield appealed to the district court, which found in favor of the respondent on August 30, 1976. The journal entry was filed November 3, 1976, and the notice of appeal to this court was not filed until December 30, 1976.
The respondent contends the appeal to this court was filed out of time as it was not filed within thirty days of November 3, 1976, as specified by K.S.A. 44-1011. Appellants contend the time in which to file their notice of appeal is sixty days under the provisions of K.S.A. 60-2103.
K.S.A. 44-1011 provides in part:
K.S.A. 60-2103(a) (Corrick, 1964), in effect at the time in question provided in part:
Appellants contend that as The Kansas Commission on Civil Rights is a state agency they had 60 days to file their notice of appeal.
In Brinson v. School District, 223 Kan. 465, 467, 576 P.2d 602 (1978), this court noted that the right to appeal "is strictly statutory in nature" and "may be limited by the legislature to any class or classes of cases, or in any manner, or it may be withdrawn completely."
The provisions of K.S.A. 44-1011, a special statute, control over those of K.S.A. 60-2103, a general statute. Hiett v. Brier, 2 Kan. App.2d 610, 586 P.2d 55 (1978); Brinson v. School District, 223 Kan. 465, 576 P.2d 602 (1978); In re Waterman, 212 Kan. 826, 512 P.2d 466 (1973).
The appeal in the present action was not filed within thirty days as required by K.S.A. 44-1011 and the court has no jurisdiction to hear the appeal.
The appeal is dismissed.