LACKMAN v. ROUSSELLE

No. S-97-489.

596 N.W.2d 15 (1999)

257 Neb. 87

Clinten LACKMAN, Appellee, v. Roger ROUSSELLE and Virginia Rousselle, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, Appellants and Cross-Appellees, and Jack Lackman, Third-Party Defendant, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

June 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Shawn McCann, of Sodoro, Daly & Sodoro, Omaha, for appellants.

Robert M. Brenner, of Robert M. Brenner Law Office, Gering, for appellee Clinten Lackman.

Leland K. Kovarik, of Holtorf, Kovarik, Ellison & Mathis, P.C., Gering, for appellee Jack Lackman.

Maren Lynn Chaloupka and Robert P. Chaloupka, of Van Steenberg, Chaloupka, Mullin, Holyoke, Pahlke, Smith, Snyder & Hofmeister, P.C., Scottsbluff, for amicus curiae Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys.

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


WRIGHT, J.

NATURE OF CASE

The plaintiff, who was riding in a vehicle operated by his father, was injured in a two-vehicle collision. The plaintiff sued the driver of the other vehicle, and the defendant impleaded the plaintiff's father as a third-party defendant. The Nebraska Court of Appeals reversed a jury verdict finding the defendant 90 percent liable and the third-party defendant 10 percent liable, and we granted further review.

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