POPPLE BY POPPLE v. ROSE

No. S-96-310.

573 N.W.2d 765 (1998)

254 Neb. 1

Casey POPPLE and Nicholas Popple, minors, by Brian POPPLE and Maureen Popple, next friends, et al., Appellants, v. Wayne ROSE and Sharon Rose, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Klein, of Anderson, Klein, Peterson, Swan and Bogle Louthan, Holdrege, for appellants.

Daniel L. Lindstrom, of Jacobsen, Orr, Nelson, Wright, Harder & Lindstrom, P.C., Kearney, for appellees.

WHITE, C.J., and CAPORALE, WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, and McCORMACK, JJ.


WHITE, Chief Justice.

This case raises the issue of whether the parents of a minor child have a duty to warn third parties of the child's allegedly known dangerous sexual propensities. We removed this case, pursuant to our power to regulate the Nebraska Court of Appeals' caseload and that of this court, to determine whether a parental duty to warn exists in the State of Nebraska. See Neb.Rev.Stat. § 24-1106 (Reissue 1995).

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