ED DEWITTE INS. v. FINANCIAL ASSOC. MIDWEST

No. 115,126.

427 P.3d 25 (2018)

ED DEWITTE INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., et al., Appellants, v. FINANCIAL ASSOCIATES MIDWEST, INC., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed September 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Blumenthal , of Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris LLC, of Kansas City, Missouri, argued the cause, and Kevin J. Karpin and Walter M. Brown , of the same firm, were with him on the briefs for appellants.

Sarah E. Warner , of Thompson Warner, P.A., of Lawrence, argued the cause, and William S. Robbins, Jr. , W. Terrence Kilroy , and Christopher L. Johnson , of Polsinelli PC, of Kansas City, Missouri, were with her on the briefs for appellees.


This case is about the statute of frauds, codified in Kansas at K.S.A. 33-101 et seq. As its name suggests, the statute was designed to prevent fraud by requiring parties to reduce certain oral agreements to writing. The writing requirement applies to any agreement that cannot be performed within...

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