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K.S.A. § 44-542 (2026)

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44-542.

History: L. 1927, ch. 232, § 50; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 203, § 58; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1933–1997 · leading case: Boyd v. Barton Transfer & Storage, Inc., 580 P.2d 1366 (Kan. Ct. App. 1978).
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Boyd v. Barton Transfer & Storage, Inc., 580 P.2d 1366 (Kan. Ct. App. 1978). “See K.S.A. 44-542 and 543. In making the act compulsory (K.”
Thorp v. Victory Cab Co., 240 P.2d 128 (Kan. 1952). · cites it 2× “1949, 44-508 (b) of the Workmen’s Compensation Law that machine or repair shops are specifically listed as coming under the Act, under the definition of ‘factory’; that under Section 44-505 that said Act applies to the employer’s trade or business in a ‘factory’; that Section…”
Aetna Life & Cas. v. Americas Truckway Sys., Inc., 929 P.2d 807 (Kan. Ct. App. 1997). “We therefore find the self-employed truck drivers involved here, who apparently did not elect to be covered pursuant to a valid election under K.S.A. 44-542(a), were not required to be covered by ATS.”
Schmeling v. F. W. Woolworth Co., 21 P.2d 337 (Kan. 1933). · cites it 2× “This class is therefore specifically excepted from the requirements of section 44-542, and they are not required by this section to post notices, as others are.”
Brubaker v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co., 119 P.2d 480 (Kan. 1941). · cites it 2× “The petition alleged— “That plaintiff never elected to come from under the terms of the workmen’s compensation law of Kansas, but that long before said date the defendant had duly filed its election with the Kansas workmen’s compensation commissioner, in accordance with section…”
— K.S.A. § 44-542(a) — 1 case
Aetna Life & Cas. v. Americas Truckway Sys., Inc., 929 P.2d 807 (Kan. Ct. App. 1997). “We therefore find the self-employed truck drivers involved here, who apparently did not elect to be covered pursuant to a valid election under K.S.A. 44-542(a), were not required to be covered by ATS.”
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