Printable Format60-606. Public utility, common carrier or transportation system. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), any action brought against a public utility, common carrier or transportation system for any liability or penalty or forfeiture, may be brought in any county into or through which such public utility, common carrier or transportation system operates regularly.
(b) Any action brought against a public utility, common carrier or transportation system for damages arising from personal injury, resulting in death or otherwise, shall be brought in either the county in which the injury occurred or in the county in which the plaintiff resided at the time of injury.
History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-606; L. 1987, ch. 223, § 1; July 1.
Source or prior law:
G.S. 1868, ch. 23, § 63; G.S. 1868, ch. 80, § 50; L. 1903, ch. 379, § 1; L. 1905, ch. 329, § 1; L. 1909, ch. 182, § 52; L. 1913, ch. 237, § 1; R.S. 1923, 60-505, 60-506.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"A Practitioner's Guide to Tort Reform of the '80s: What Happened and What's Left after Judicial Scrutiny," Jerry R. Palmer and Martha M. Snyder, 57 J.K.B.A. No. 9, 21, 27 (1988).
CASE ANNOTATIONS
Prior law cases, see G.S. 1949, 60-505, 60-506.
1. Venue of arbitration hearing (K.S.A. 5-401 et seq.) involving port authority not subject to statute. Jackson Trak Group, Inc. v. Mid States Port Authority, 242 Kan. 683, 688, 751 P.2d 122 (1988).
2. State has legitimate interest in controlling forum shopping; statute does not violate equal protection guarantees of Kansas constitution. Kenyon v. Kansas Power & Light Co., 17 Kan. App. 2d 205, 211, 836 P.2d 1193 (1992).