HALL v. COUNTY OF LANCASTER

No. S-13-724.

846 N.W.2d 107 (2014)

287 Neb. 969

Jeff HALL, appellee and cross-appellee, v. COUNTY OF LANCASTER, appellant and cross-appellee, and Norris School District No. 160, appellee and cross-appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed April 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Kelly , Lancaster County Attorney, and Richard C. Grabow for appellant.

Jeanelle R. Lust , of Knudsen, Berkheimer, Richardson & Endacott, L.L.P., Lincoln, for appellee Norris School District No. 160.

Terry R. Wittler , of Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P., Lincoln, and Vincent M. Powers , of Vincent M. Powers & Associates, Lincoln, for appellee Jeff Hall.

Heavican, C.J., Connolly, Stephan, McCormack, Miller-Lerman, and Cassel, JJ., and Bishop, Judge.


Cassel, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

A pickup truck and a schoolbus collided at a rural "blind intersection," where a stop sign facing the truck was missing. The district court determined that both drivers were negligent. But the court also found that the county was liable, reasoning that it would have discovered the sign was missing if it had conducted regular sign inspections. Because there was no evidence to support...

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