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· 1/13/1984

MacKu by and Through MacKu v. Drackett Prod. Co.

Citations

  • 343 N.W.2d 58
  • 216 Neb. 176
  • 1984 Neb. LEXIS 897

How courts have described this case

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  • holding § 25-224(4)’s two-year extension was subject to tolling for a minor
  • construction of a statute which changes, or abolishes common-law rights should not be adopted, \unless the plain words of the statute compel such result\
  • “[A]t common law an infant could sue only by a guardian, because an infant was not sui juris—a person with legal capacity to act for oneself.”
  • “[A]t common law an infant could sue only by a guardian, because an infant was not sui juris—a person with legal capacity to act for oneself.”
  • \[W]e have neither been cited to nor are we aware of any case in which we have permitted a parent to recover for the loss of a nonfatally injured minor child's consortium.\
  • \[W]e have neither been cited to nor are we aware of any case in which we have permitted a parent to recover for the loss of a nonfatally injured minor child's consortium.\

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Judges: Krivosha, Boslaugh, White, Hastings, Caporale, Shanahan, Grant

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