RICHARDSON v. GRIFFITHS

No. S-95-092.

560 N.W.2d 430 (1997)

251 Neb. 825

Ritchie C. RICHARDSON and Terri J. Richardson, husband and wife, Appellees, v. Randy L. GRIFFITHS and Linda C. Griffiths, husband and wife, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Nelson and Daniel L. Lindstrom, of Jacobsen, Orr, Nelson, Wright, Harder & Lindstrom, P.C., Kearney, for appellants.

Larry E. Butler, of Butler, Voigt & Brewster, P.C., Kearney, for appellees.

WHITE, C.J., CAPORALE, WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, and GERRARD, JJ., and FLOWERS, D.J., and BOSLAUGH, J., Retired.


CONNOLLY, Justice.

We are asked to determine whether the law firm of Jacobsen, Orr, Nelson, Wright, Harder & Lindstrom, P.C. (Jacobsen, Orr), should be disqualified from representing the appellants, Randy L. Griffiths and Linda C. Griffiths, in an action brought by the appellees, Ritchie C. Richardson and Terri J. Richardson, because of a prior contact between Terri Richardson and Jeffrey H. Jacobsen, an attorney with Jacobsen, Orr.

We conclude that the...

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