10th Circuit Denies Kansas Law Toxic Tort Repose Exception Appeal

( September 9, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT) -- DENVER — The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied a petition by two individuals who accuse the alleged owners and operators of a Kansas facility of exposing them and others to carcinogens, seeking interlocutory review of the question whether the latent disease exception to the Kansas Product Liability Act’s (KPLA) statute of repose applies to toxic tort claims arising from air emissions....