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TADROS v. CITY OF OMAHA

No. S-05-1538.

735 N.W.2d 377 (2007)

273 Neb. 935

Georgette TADROS, Appellee, v. CITY OF OMAHA, a Municipal Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 13, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Hamer, Deputy Omaha City Attorney, for appellant.

Matthew G. Miller, for appellee.

Jeffry D. Patterson, of Bartle & Geier Law Firm, Lincoln, for amicus curiae Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys.

HEAVICAN, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ., and CARLSON, Judge.

McCORMACK, J.

NATURE OF CASE

We are asked to determine whether, under our contributory negligence statutes,1 a joint tort-feasor defendant's liability for economic damages is reduced by the amount of a nonparty joint tort-feasor's settlement with the plaintiff or, instead, by the nonparty's proportionate share of liability regardless of the settlement amount. Section 25-21,185.11(1) states that in the event of settlement by the...

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