ZWEIBACK FAMILY LTD. v. LINCOLN BENEFIT LIFE

No. S-17-324.

907 N.W.2d 700 (2018)

299 Neb. 180

ZWEIBACK FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP et al., appellees, v. LINCOLN BENEFIT LIFE COMPANY and Brian Schuster, appellees, and Dennis Tubbergen, appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed March 2, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Friedrichsen , of Fitzgerald, Schorr, Barmettler & Brennan, P.C., L.L.O., Omaha, for appellant.

Edward D. Hotz , of Pansing, Hogan, Ernst & Bachman, L.L.P., Omaha, for appellees.

Heavican, C.J., Cassel, Stacy, and Kelch, JJ., and Bishop, Judge.


The district court denied a motion to compel arbitration, reasoning the agreement to arbitrate "concern[ed] or relat[ed] to an insurance policy" and thus was unenforceable under Nebraska law.1 We affirm, although for different reasons.

FACTS

Eugene M. Zweiback is the named insured under two...

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