Court Opinion

ID: 9795252
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 03:23:51.879125+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:28:23.798479
License: Public Domain

Brazil, S.J.:
I respectfully dissent. I would adopt the well-reasoned concurring and dissenting opinion written by Justice Larson in Marquis v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 265 Kan. 317, 335-40, 961 P.2d 1213 (1998). The majority opinion in this case perpetuates an inconsistency in Kansas law. See Brumley v. Lee, 265 Kan. 810, 825-34, 963 P.2d 1224 (1998) (Six, J., dissenting); First Financial Ins. Co. v. Bugg, 265 Kan. 690, 962 P.2d 515 (1998). We should not blindly adhere to the doctrine of stare decisis in light of such an inconsistency, especially where the authority underlying Marquis has weakened.
McFarland, C.J., and Gernon, J., join in the foregoing dissent.