Adjusting to Comparative Negligence in Nebraska
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Authors
Grossman, Barry S.
Issue Date
1992
Volume
25
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Journal Article
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FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|With the adoption of Nebraska Legislative Bill Eighty-Eight, Nebraska becomes one of the last states to adopt comparative negligence. The term "comparative negligence" is misleading, however, as Nebraska has retained a form of comparative negligence since 1913. This analysis does not in any way attempt to cover the effects of adopting comparative negligence in a contributory negligence jurisdiction. This Article serves as an introduction to the affirmative defense in this state, as a welcome to a perhaps long anticipated system, and as a prediction of the further adjustments that are inevitable to Nebraska tort law...
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25 Creighton L. Rev. 423 (1991-1992)
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Creighton University School of Law