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· 3/28/1986

Maple v. City of Omaha

Citations

  • 384 N.W.2d 254
  • 222 Neb. 293
  • 1986 Neb. LEXIS 893

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting “[n]owhere [in tort claims act] is there found an exemption for the exercise of a duty owed to the public generally”
  • noting \[n]owhere [in tort claims act] is there found an exemption for the exercise of a duty owed to the public generally\
  • noting “plaintiff still must show that a duty was owed to him, that this duty was breached, and that an injury was proximately caused by that breach”
  • rejecting the public-duty doctrine but nonetheless concluding as a matter of law that the defendant did not breach the duty it owed
  • acknowledging some exceptions to liability in Nebraska’s political subdivisions tort claims act, but noting “[njowhere is there found an exemption for the exercise of a duty owed to the public generally”
  • acknowledging some exceptions to liability in Nebraska’s political subdivisions tort claims act, but noting “[n]owhere 26 is there found an exemption for the exercise of a duty owed to the public generally”

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

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