Opinion ID: 1163272
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Heading: Was There a Genuine Issue as to Any Material Fact Concerning the Question of Whether Hassan Owed a Duty to Calwell and Hall?

Text: Calwell and Hall listed the following categories of disputed facts: 1. The proper diagnosis of defendant's medical condition. .... 2. Whether Rylant should have been advised not to drive. .... 3. Whether Rylant should have been able to anticipate losing consciousness. .... 4. Whether the medication prescribed by Dr. Hassan would tend to alleviate Rylant's sleep disorder or exacerbate it. .... 5. Whether Rylant would have discontinued driving had she been advised to. They assert that the district court erred in granting summary judgment because genuine issues of material fact remain. We find no evidence that Hassan's diagnosis was incorrect or that the medication he prescribed exacerbated Rylant's condition. We conclude from a review of the record that none of the other factual disputes are material to our decision. `In order to preclude summary judgment, the facts subject to the dispute must be material to the conclusive issues in the case.' Boulanger, 258 Kan. at 308. Our holding also makes it unnecessary to address the district court's alternative ruling on the causation issue.