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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.

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

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