Nebraska jury award News

A federal jury has awarded a 2-year-old girl a staggering $17 million, finding that subpar care at a Bellevue hospital led to her severe disability. The verdict issued this week could test Nebraska’s strict cap on medical malpractice awards. Nebraska …

A jury has awarded $900,000 to an ex-Union Pacific train conductor who sued the railroad after suffering injuries in a 2010 derailment in Columbus, Neb. The Omaha World-Herald reports a Douglas County District Court jury deliberated for more than four …