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MURPHY v. CITY OF GRAND ISLAND

No. S-07-087.

742 N.W.2d 506 (2007)

274 Neb. 670

Shayne MURPHY, Appellant, v. CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 14, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mandy L. Strigenz, of Sibbernsen & Strigenz, PC, Omaha, for appellant.

James D. Hamilton, of Baylor, Evnen, Curtiss, Grimit & Witt, L.L.P., Lincoln, for EMC Insurance Companies on behalf of appellee City of Grand Island.

Patrick B. Donahue and Dennis R. Riekenberg, of Cassem, Tierney, Adams, Gotch & Douglas, Omaha, for Travelers Insurance Company on behalf of appellee City of Grand Island.

Paul F. Prentiss and Benjamin E. Maxell, of Timmermier, Gross & Prentiss, Omaha, for London GI Program on behalf of appellee City of Grand Island.

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

WRIGHT, J.

NATURE OF CASE

Shayne Murphy began working as a firefighter and emergency medical technician (EMT) for the City of Grand Island (City) in 1982. In 2002, he tested positive for hepatitis C, and he commenced an action against the City in the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court. A single judge of the compensation court dismissed Murphy's claim, citing insufficient evidence of causation that the hepatitis C arose out of and in the course of his employment...

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