CARLSON v. OKERSTROM

No. S-02-1076.

675 N.W.2d 89 (2004)

267 Neb. 397

Karen CARLSON and C. Dean Carlson, appellees, v. Leslie A. OKERSTROM and K & B Transportation, Inc., a Nebraska corporation, appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 13, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Friedrichsen, Omaha, and Susan E. Hager, of Fitzgerald, Schorr, Barmettler & Brennan, P.C., L.L.O., for appellants.

Bernard J. Glaser, Jr., Lincoln, for appellees.

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


CONNOLLY, J.

A jury awarded C. Dean Carlson (Dean) $894,901 and his wife, Karen Carlson, $259,578 for injuries they suffered because of an automobile collision caused by the negligence of Leslie A. Okerstrom.

On appeal, Okerstrom and his employer, K & B Transportation, Inc. (collectively the appellants), claim that the court erred in allowing the Carlsons' expert, Daniel B. Einspahr, M.D., to testify that Dean...

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