SHEARER v. LEUENBERGER

No. S-97-852.

591 N.W.2d 762 (1999)

256 Neb. 566

Mary SHEARER, Appellant, v. Donald S. LEUENBERGER, Individually and in His Capacity as the Director of the Nebraska Department of Social Services, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett McArthur, Lincoln, for appellant.

Don Stenberg, Attorney General, Royce N. Harper, and Michael J. Rumbaugh, Special Assistant Attorney General, Lincoln, for appellee.

HENDRY, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.


GERRARD, J.

The appellant, Mary Shearer, was charged with child neglect after her 4-year-old son, J.S., disobeyed her instruction not to play in the cab of a pickup truck parked in her driveway. The child apparently moved the gearshift, allowing the truck to roll down the driveway and strike a parked car. The criminal charges against Shearer were dismissed, but the case was still investigated by Jodine Allen, an investigator with the then Nebraska Department of Social...

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