Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 8-556 (2026)

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8-556.

History: L. 1937, ch. 283, § 56; L. 1959, ch. 51, § 10; L. 1968, ch. 218, § 23; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-2205; July 1.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Evidence sufficient to rebut presumption killed pedestrian exercised due care; intoxication. Townsend, Administrator, v. Jones, 183 Kan. 543, 553, 331 P.2d 890.

2. Action for wrongful death of child; quoting of this section in instructions held erroneous as confusing jury as to degree of care required of child. Morlan v. Smith, 191 Kan. 218, 220, 380 P.2d 312.

3. Words "or other place of safety" refers to places of safety on public highways other than curbs. Klaus v. Goetz, 211 Kan. 126, 130, 131, 505 P.2d 726.


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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1963–1978 · leading case: Morlan v. Smith, 380 P.2d 312 (Kan. 1963).
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Morlan v. Smith, 380 P.2d 312 (Kan. 1963). · cites it 4× “"You are instructed that the 1959 Supplement to the General Statutes of Kansas, 1949, provides as follows: "Section 8-556. Pedestrians' Right of Way at Crosswalks; Control Signals.”
Chance v. Scroggins, 588 P.2d 479 (Kan. Ct. App. 1978). “The predecessor statute then in effect was K.S.A. 8-556(c) (Corrick, 1973 Supp.), which read: “No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield.”
— K.S.A. § 8-556(c) — 1 case
Chance v. Scroggins, 588 P.2d 479 (Kan. Ct. App. 1978). “The predecessor statute then in effect was K.S.A. 8-556(c) (Corrick, 1973 Supp.), which read: “No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield.”
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