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Kansas Wrongful Death: A Northern Virginia Family’s Guide
A Northern Virginia family's guide to wrongful death claims in Kansas. I walk readers through the Kansas Wrongful Death Act at K.S.A. 60-1901 et seq., the K.S.A. 60-1903 noneconomic damages cap (now subject to constitutional challenge after Hilburn v. Enerpipe Ltd., 309 Kan. 1127 (2019)), the parallel Kansas Survival Statute at K.S.A. 60-1801, the 50-percent modified comparative fault bar at K.S.A. 60-258a, the 2-year wrongful death statute of limitations at K.S.A. 60-513(a)(5), the medical malpractice 4-year statute of repose, the Kansas Tort Claims Act at K.S.A. 75-6101 with its 1-year notice and $500,000 per-occurrence cap, the punitive damages cap at K.S.A. 60-3702, and how NoVA-to-Kansas travel ties produce cross-jurisdictional cases.
