Neb. Supreme: 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...
Neb. Supreme Court: Contractors with Assigned Benefits Can’t File Bad-Faith Claims October 18, 2022 By Jim Sams A restoration contractor that had been assigned benefits by a policyholder cannot pursue a bad faith claim against an insurer...
Neb. Supreme: Ambiguous Policy Language Requires Insurer to Pay for Renovations July 11, 2022 By Claims Journal staff An ambiguous “extra expense” provision in a commercial property insurance policy requires the insurer to pay for new equipment that...
Neb. Supreme Court Finds Meth Residue a ‘Contaminant’ Excluded by Policy October 26, 2020 By Jim Sams The cost of cleaning up residue left behind by tenants who used or manufactured methamphetamine in a rental home was...
Nebraska High Court’s Workers’ Comp Ruling for Assaulted Nurse Stands September 8, 2015 By MARGERY A. BECK The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday upheld a workers’ compensation ruling requiring a Kearney hospital to pay the salary of...
Missing Word Leads to Reversal of Nebraska Workers’ Comp Ruling in Favor of Employee July 14, 2015 By MARGERY A. BECK The omission of one word in a workers’ compensation court ruling favoring a co-op employee hurt during a company party...
Florida and Nebraska Company Continue 17 Year Insurance Dispute 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 High Court Rules Affirms No Claim for Woman Bitten by Dog December 22, 2014 The Nebraska Supreme Court says a woman who had part of her lower lip bitten off by a dog she...
Nebraska High Court Sides With Los Angeles Lawyer in Fee Dispute June 12, 2014 The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld a jury decision against a Lincoln law firm that was seeking a bigger share...
Nebraska High Court Rules Farmers Not Liable for Fatal Crash May 5, 2014 The Nebraska Supreme Court has affirmed that two farming brothers should not have been found negligent in a 2007 fatal...