Case Name: Gloria Falcon Elliott, Appellee, v. Dillon Companies, Transportation Insurance Company, John Hayes, and Debbie Verren, Appellants
Court: Kansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1996-07-12
Citations: 260 Kan. 411
Docket Number: No. 73,478
Parties: Gloria Falcon Elliott, Appellee, v. Dillon Companies, Transportation Insurance Company, John Hayes, and Debbie Verren, Appellants.
Judges: Abbott, J., not participating.
Reporter: Kansas Reports
Volume: 260
Pages: 411–412

Head Matter:
No. 73,478
Gloria Falcon Elliott, Appellee, v. Dillon Companies, Transportation Insurance Company, John Hayes, and Debbie Verren, Appellants.
(918 P.2d 1305)
Opinion filed July 12, 1996.
Bryce A. Abbott, of Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, L.C., of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.
]ohn D. Shultz, of Shultz & Associates, P.A., of Dodge City, argued the cause, and Donald E. Shultz, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for appellee.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
ALLEGRUCCI, J.:
This is an interlocutory appeal by defendants from the district court's denial of their motions to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The single issue in this case is whether a workers compensation claimant may bring a cause of action under K.S.A. 44-5,121. The district court certified that an immediate appeal would materially advance the litigation, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-2102(b). The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's denial of the motions. Elliott v. Dillon Companies, 21 Kan. App. 2d 908, 908 P.2d 1345 (1996). Appellants' petition for review was granted by this court on March 14, 1996.
We have reviewed the briefs, the arguments, and the record in this case, and we conclude the Court of Appeals was correct. We adopt the opinion of the Court of Appeals and affirm both the Court of Appeals and the district court.
Abbott, J., not participating.
Robert H. Miller, C.J. Retired, assigned.