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LARSON v. HOMETOWN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. S-94-183.

540 N.W.2d 339 (1995)

248 Neb. 942

Jennifer LARSON By and Through her father and next friend, David LARSON, Appellant, v. HOMETOWN COMMUNICATIONS, INC., and Hometown Operations, Inc., doing business as the Fremont Tribune, and Maryland Casualty Insurance Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 8, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Cannella, of Fitzgerald, Schorr, Barmettler & Brennan, P.C., and Stephen L. Gerdes, Omaha, for appellant.

Joseph W. Grant, of Gaines, Mullen, Pansing & Hogan, Omaha, and Walter E. Zink II, of Baylor, Evnen, Curtiss, Grimit & Witt, Lincoln, for appellees.

L. Michael Zinser, of Zinser & Domina, Nashville, TN, and Kenneth C. Stephan, of Knudsen, Berkheimer, Richardson & Endacott, Lincoln, for amici curiae Nebraska Press Association, Nebraska Daily Publishers Association, Midwest Circulation Management Association, and Lincoln Journal Star.

Margaret C. Hershiser, of Koley, Jessen, Daubman & Rupiper, P.C., Omaha, for amicus curiae Omaha World-Herald.

CAPORALE, FAHRNBRUCH, WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, and GERRARD, JJ.

WRIGHT, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Jennifer Larson sustained severe and permanent injuries while delivering newspapers. A trial judge of the Workers' Compensation Court found that Larson was an employee of the newspaper company and awarded workers' compensation benefits. A three-judge workers' compensation review panel reversed the findings of the trial judge. The Nebraska Court of Appeals reversed the decision of the review panel. Hometown Communications...

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