10.23. Liberal Construction.

• Court: Kansas

Kansas Workers Compensation Settlement Reporter 10.23. Liberal Construction SummariesChapter 1010.23 Liberal ConstructionApril 1999. (Award) The Board acknowledged some confusion between the "liberal construction" case law of Kinder v. Murray and Sons Construction Co., Inc. , 264 Kan. 484, 957 P.2d 488 (1988) and the "applied impartiality" statutory language of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 44-501(g) and in the Court of Appeals decision in Boucher v. Peerless Products, Inc. , 21 Kan. App. 2d 977, 911 P.2d 198, rev. denied 260 Kan. 991 (1996). However, the Board noted that the apparent conflict caused by Kinder was clarified by the more recent Supreme Court opinion in Nguyen v. IBP, Inc. , Docket No. 79,240 (Kan. 1999). In Nguyen , the...