October 2012 News Releases

	10/23/2012 Judge Malone named chief judge of Court of Appeals TOPEKA—The Supreme Court has appointed Judge Thomas E. Malone as chief judge of the Court of Appeals, it was announced in Topeka today.  He succeeds Hon. Richard D. Greene, who died October 7, 2012.A native of Wichita, Chief Judge Malone has been a member of the Court of Appeals since 2003. He has been acting chief judge since Judge ...
	10/12/2012 21 Apply for Court of Appeals Vacancy TOPEKA—Twenty-one Kansas attorneys and judges have applied to fill a vacancy on the Court of Appeals that will be created by the January 2, 2013, retirement of Judge Christel E. Marquardt..Interviews for the position will be conducted November 13 and 14th in the Fatzer Courtroom in the Judicial Center in Topeka. The applicant names and ...
	10/09/2012 Court of Appeals chief judge dies TOPEKA—Hon. Richard D. Greene, Chief Judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals, died Sunday at a Cleveland, OH, hospital from complications arising from a heart condition.Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss said he and Chief Judge Greene had known each other since the time they were both lawyers. "He possessed two notable abilities that are hard to ...
	10/05/2012 Court upholds medical malpractice cap TOPEKA—A five-member majority of the Kansas Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of a Kansas statute limiting a medical malpractice plaintiff's jury award for non-economic damages to $250,000. The Kansas legislature enacted the damages limitation in 1988 as part of an effort to restrict personal injury lawsuits based on a ...