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LOPEZ v. CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ARCHDIOCESE

No. S-23-301.

998 N.W.2d 31 (2023)

315 Neb. 617

Sandra LOPEZ, appellant, v. CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF the ARCHDIOCESE OF OMAHA, a Nebraska nonprofit corporation, appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed December 15, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. White , Amy S. Jorgensen , Omaha, and Hannah Schweitzer , Senior Certified Law Student, of White & Jorgensen, for appellant.

Heather B. Veik and Jerald L. Rauterkus , of Erickson | Sederstrom, P.C., L.L.O., Omaha, for appellee.

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

The Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act has long been understood to provide the exclusive remedy for at least some injuries suffered by employees at work. When workers' compensation is an employee's exclusive remedy, the employee cannot assert tort theories of recovery against his or her employer in district court. In this case, Sandra...

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