ECHO GROUP v. TRADESMEN INTERNATIONAL

Nos. S-21-729, S-21-730, S-21-770.

980 N.W.2d 869 (2022)

312 Neb. 729

ECHO GROUP, INC., appellee and cross-appellant, v. TRADESMEN INTERNATIONAL, an Ohio corporation, appellee, and Lund-Ross Constructors, Inc., a Nebraska corporation, intervenor-appellant and cross-appellee. Echo Group, Inc., appellee and cross-appellant, v. The Historic Florentine, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company, and Midwest Protective Services, Inc., appellees, and Lund-Ross Constructors, Inc., a Nebraska corporation, intervenor-appellant and cross-appellee. Echo Group, Inc., Appellee and Cross-appellant, v. The Duke of Omaha, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company, Great Western Bank and Midwest Protection Services, Inc., appellees, and Lund-Ross Constructors, Inc., a Nebraska corporation, intervenor-appellant and cross-appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed October 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Houghton and Justin D. Eichmann , of Houghton, Bradford & Whitted, P.C., L.L.O., Omaha, for appellant.

Cathy S. Trent-Vilim and Craig F. Martin , Omaha, of Lamson, Dugan & Murray, L.L.P., for appellees.

Heavican, C.J., Miller-Lerman, Cassel, Stacy, Funke, Papik, and Freudenberg, JJ.


I. INTRODUCTION

These three cases consolidated for appeal involve foreclosures of construction liens under the Nebraska Construction Lien Act (Act).1 The appeals present three primary issues: whether equitable considerations make summary judgment improper, whether prejudgment interest is authorized...

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