KANSAS OFFICE of
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60-4405. Cause of action for civil damages against person violating assisting suicide law. A cause of action for civil damages may be maintained against any person who violates or who attempts to violate K.S.A. 21-5407, and amendments thereto, by any person who is the spouse, parent, child, sibling, or entitled to inherit from the person or who is the personal representative of the person who did or would commit suicide for compensatory damages and exemplary damages, whether or not the plaintiff consented to or had prior knowledge of the violation or attempt.

History: L. 1998, ch. 142, § 6; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 231; July 1.

Law Review and Bar Journal References:

"Recent Developments in Kansas Bioethics Law: The Kansas Prevention of Assisted Suicide Act," Kevin J. Breer and Cherie Leigh Durst, 38 W.L.J. 557 (1999).


 



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