LE v. LAUTRUP

No. S-04-743.

716 N.W.2d 713 (2006)

271 Neb. 931

Huy LE and Melissa Le, individually and as parents of Thanh Le, appellants, v. Thomas LAUTRUP, appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel P. Chesire, of Lamson, Dugan & Murray, L.L.P., Omaha, and Raymond E. Walden, of Walden Law Office, for appellants.

Michael G. Mullin and Michaela A. Messenger, of McGrath, North, Mullin & Kratz, P.C., L.L.O., Omaha, for appellee.

Maren Lynn Chaloupka, of Chaloupka, Holyoke, Hofmeister, Snyder & Chaloupka, Scottsbluff, for amicus curiae Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys.

Robert T. Grimit and Molly M. Egley Brummond, of Baylor, Evnen, Curtiss, Grimit & Witt, L.L.P., Lincoln, for amicus curiae Nebraska Insurance Information Service.

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


MILLER-LERMAN, J.

NATURE OF CASE

Thanh Le was injured in a one-vehicle accident. The vehicle was driven by Thanh's grandfather, Thomas Lautrup. Thanh's parents, Huy Le and Melissa Le, filed a negligence action against Lautrup in the district court for Douglas County. In their petition, the Les challenged the constitutionality of Nebraska's guest statute, Neb.Rev.Stat. § 25-21,237 (Reissue 1995), which limited...

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