KENNEY v. BARNA

No. 82-737.

341 N.W.2d 901 (1983)

215 Neb. 863

Gerald L. KENNEY, father and next friend of Debbie L. Kenney, a minor, Appellee, v. Robert J. BARNA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Friedrichsen of Fitzgerald, Brown, Leahy, Strom, Schorr & Barmettler, Omaha, for appellant.

Michael G. Helms of Schmid, Ford, Mooney & Frederick, Omaha, for appellee.

KRIVOSHA, C.J., and BOSLAUGH, WHITE, HASTINGS, CAPORALE, SHANAHAN, and GRANT, JJ.


HASTINGS, Justice.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Gerald L. Kenney, father and next friend of Debbie L. Kenney, a minor, under Neb.Rev.Stat. § 54-601 (Reissue 1978), the "dogbite" statute. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $607. The trial court sustained the plaintiff's motion for a new trial on the basis of inadequacy of the verdict.

The defendant has appealed and has assigned as errors that the trial court...

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