Torts - Supreme Court Review
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1979
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12
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FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|The Nebraska Supreme Court addressed itself to a myriad of issues in the past year, approaching some areas left untouched for more than a decade. Its analysis, however, was strongly influenced by its own precedent.|In Richardson & Gillespie v. State, the supreme court held that the state of Nebraska has a duty to exercise reasonable care in the construction and repair of its highways; such a duty extends also to and includes the shoulders of the highway. The supreme court vacated the lower court's dismissal; the district court had ruled that the State's duty to exercise due care in the repair of its highways did not include the shoulders of those highways. The court's ruling in Richardson overruled Farmers Co-op Co. v. County of Dodge...
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12 Creighton L. Rev. 416 (1978-1979)
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Creighton University School of Law