Kansas officials to consider legal settlement with business over COVID-19 restrictions

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Kansas’ governor and top state lawmakers plan to consider a proposed legal settlement between the state and the owner of a Wichita fitness studio forced to shut down during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic and then operate under restrictions

TOPEKA, Kan. — — Kansas' governor and top state lawmakers were to meet Thursday to consider a proposed legal settlement between the state and the owner of a Wichita fitness studio forced to shut down during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic and then operate under restrictions.

The lawsuit argued that the state used Floyd's and his business' private property"for the benefit of the general public" when it and local officials imposed restrictions to check the spread of COVID-19. Statewide restrictions started withThe lawsuit cited part of the state’s emergency management law that says people can seek compensation in court if their property is “commandeered or otherwise used” by state or local officials.

 

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