· 5/6/1994
Schmidt v. Omaha Public Power District
Citations
- 515 N.W.2d 756
- 245 Neb. 776
- 1994 Neb. LEXIS 99
How courts have described this case
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- holding that defendant underground utility clearinghouse had duty to warn callers that only equipment owned by member utilities would be located and to specifically warn that secondary electric lines in a commercial setting would not be located by the member electric company
- holding that defendant underground utility clearinghouse had duty to warn callers that only equipment owned by member utilities would be located and to specifically warn that secondary electric lines in a commercial setting would not be located by the member electric company
- applying a four-factor test, the Nebraska Supreme Court held that a “one-call” clearing house had a duty to warn callers that not all electrical lines were marked by the power companies
- duty to warn of electrical lines
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Judges: Hastings, Boslaugh, White, Caporale, Fahrnbruch, Lanphier, Grant
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