CHICAGO LUMBER v. SCHOOL DIST. NO. 71

No. 85-888.

417 N.W.2d 757 (1988)

227 Neb. 355

The CHICAGO LUMBER COMPANY OF OMAHA, a Nebraska Corporation, Doing Business as Friend Lumber Company, Friend, Nebraska, Appellant, v. SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 71 OF MILLIGAN, FILLMORE COUNTY, Nebraska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Berkshire, Richard N. Berkshire and Robert E. Zielinski, Omaha, for appellant.

Kelley Baker and Jerry L. Pigsley of Nelson & Harding, Lincoln, for appellee.

HASTINGS, C.J., BOSLAUGH, WHITE, CAPORALE, SHANAHAN, and GRANT, JJ., and COLWELL, District Judge, Retired.


SHANAHAN, Justice.

The Chicago Lumber Company of Omaha (Chicago) appeals the judgment for school district No. 71 of Milligan, Fillmore County, Nebraska (district), in a negligence action brought under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act, Neb.Rev.Stat. §§ 23-2401 et seq. (Reissue 1983). We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

During the summer of 1982, the district got in touch with Melvin Stejskal, a contractor in Milligan, concerning...

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