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Highway patrol defends practice on farm vehicles
A Shawnee County jury awarded 1.3 million dollars to four former Kansas Highway Patrol inspectors who said they were fired or demoted for objecting to orders to ignore overweight farm vehicles during harvests. The state denies retaliation, citing budget cuts and a 1993 reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Highway Patrol
Mark Goodloe
Shawnee County
Paul L. Wade Jr
Melvin M. Wedermyer
John W. Connelly
William R. Barrett
Goodloe
Barrett
Salina
Wade
Connelly
Wedermyer
Thomas Wright
Highway Patrol
Lonnie McCollum
Paul
Dennis Tangeman
McCollum
Joan Finney
Finney