Joe Hoagland: How Kansas Passed the First Comparative Negligence Law
Interviewed by Richard Walker
Interview Description
This short clip from Joe Hoagland's Oral History Interview describes how the first comparative negligence law in the country was enacted. The complete interview is found in our Statehouse Conversations collection. The full transcript can also be downloaded there.
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Interviewee Biographical Sketch
Joe Hoagland was chair of the House Judiciary Committee when this legislation was developed and passed. Bob Alderson was a lawyer in the Revisor of Statutes Office who drafted the law.
Interviewee Date of Birth
December 14, 1947
Interviewee Political Party
Republican
House District Numbers
22
Interview Location
Leavenworth, KS