Negligent Design May Have Led to Pipe Crushing Man

An employee crushed by a pipe may have died because the engineer's design plan put him in harm's way, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled. In Edwards v. Anderson Engineering Inc., 96,203, 09/07/2007, the Kansas Supreme Court rejected the argument made by Anderson Engineering that its markings on the pipe did not constitute design plans. "Anderson required that the concrete pipe be cut into four pieces and gave specific directions on the location of the cut lines. We perceive no appreciable distinction between providing the specifications for pipe cutting through a professional drawing or b...