Nebraska Supreme: Rental Car Customer Doesn’t Owe Avis for ‘Voluntary’ Payment February 15, 2023 By Jim Sams No one threatened to sue Avis Rent a Car after Roynetta McDavid’s little sister borrowed her rental car without permission...
Nebraska Court: Contractors with Assigned Benefits Can’t File Bad-Faith Claims October 21, 2022 By Jim Sams A restoration contractor that had been assigned benefits by a policyholder cannot pursue a bad faith claim against an insurer...
Nebraska Court: Ambiguous Policy Language Requires Insurer to Pay for Renovations July 12, 2022 An ambiguous “extra expense” provision in a commercial property insurance policy requires the insurer to pay for new equipment that...
Nebraska Supreme Court Says Suit Against MUD in Omaha Fire Can Proceed January 25, 2021 The Nebraska Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit to continue against an Omaha natural gas utility for a 2016 fire...
New Trial Ordered in Suit Against Contractor Over Nebraska Library Sprinkler Damage June 23, 2020 Wahoo city officials will get another chance to try to prove a contractor’s negligence after a sprinkler system in their...
Court Backs Workers’ Comp Ruling for Assaulted Nebraska Nurse September 8, 2015 By Margery A. Beck The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld a workers’ compensation ruling requiring a Kearney hospital to pay the salary of a...
After 17 Years, Florida-Nebraska Insurance Dispute Continues January 26, 2015 By Josh Funk Seventeen years after it started, a multimillion-dollar insurance dispute between the state of Florida and a Nebraska company continues to...
Nebraska Court: No Insurance Coverage for Woman Bitten by Dog December 22, 2014 By Margery A. Beck A woman who had part of her lower lip bitten off by a dog she was watching for friends has...
Nebraska High Court: Federal Risk Retention Act Preempts State Law October 2, 2014 The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled recently that a district court erred when it found that a federal law did not...
Nebraska Supreme Court: Farmers not Negligent in Fatal Crash May 6, 2014 By Margery A. Beck A lower court was right to find that farming brothers were not negligent in a 2007 fatal crash where tall...