DRAGON v. CHEESECAKE FACTORY

No. S-17-891.

915 N.W.2d 418 (2018)

300 Neb. 548

Keith T. DRAGON, appellant, v. The CHEESECAKE FACTORY and its workers' compensation insurer, Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed July 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brynne E. Holsten Puhl , of Atwood, Holsten, Brown, Deaver & Spier Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O., Lincoln, for appellant.

Marc N. Middleton , of Adelson, Testan, Brundo, Novell & Jimenez, and David A. Castello , Lincoln, for appellees.

Danny C. Leavitt for amicus curiae Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys.

Heavican, C.J., Miller-Lerman, Cassel, Stacy, and Funke, JJ., and Strong, District Judge.


In this workers' compensation case, the parties reached a lump-sum settlement and filed a verified release with the court using the process set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-139(3) and (4) (Cum. Supp. 2016). The employer did not pay the amounts owed under the settlement within 30 days after the release was filed, and the employee moved...

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