Government Liability News Update

KANSAS COURT OF APPEALS APPLIES RECREATIONAL USE IMMUNITY TO COUNTY LIBRARY   For the first time, a Kansas appellate court applied recreational use immunity to a library parking lot, exempting a county from liability for ordinary negligence. In Zaragoza v. Bd. of...

Litigation News Update

Tenth Circuit Underscores Importance of Documenting Employee Activity to Support Termination   The Tenth Circuit recently affirmed a finding by the Federal District Court of Kansas, which ruled in favor of for Larned State Hospital (LSH) in lawfully firing an...

FPS&S: 2024 Super Lawyers®

  FPS&S: 2025 Super Lawyers®  Fisher Patterson Sayler & Smith, LLP is pleased to announce the recognition of eleven lawyers, including two “Rising Stars [**]”, in 2024 Missouri & Kansas “Super Lawyers ®”   A Super Lawyer...

Government Liability News Update

Tenth Circuit Denies Jurisdiction in Interlocutory Appeal of Derivative Sovereign Immunity   In Menocal v. GEO Group, Inc, No. 22-1409, 2024 WL 4544184 (10th Cir. Oct. 22, 2024), the Tenth Circuit determined it lacked jurisdiction for interlocutory review of a...