Latest Nebraska Headlines
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Tornado Recovery in Nebraska Town Expected to Cost Tens of Millions
Jun 30 2014 // Nebraska officials are still tallying the cost of the tornadoes that destroyed most of the town of Pilger, but it’s expected to climb into the tens of millions. The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency will send...
Damage Assessment Begins After Twin Tornadoes Flatten Nebraska Town, Kill 2
Jun 18 2014 // A storm packing rare dual tornadoes tore through a tiny farming town in northeast Nebraska, killing two people, crumpling grain bins like discarded soda cans and flattening dozens of homes. Pilger’s 350 residents...
Repairs Ongoing from Early June Hailstorm in Nebraska
Jun 17 2014 // The severe thunderstorms that spawned large hail and strong winds earlier this month left a lasting mark on many Nebraska communities. Aaron Volkman tells the Norfolk Daily News it will take weeks or even months to repair...
Midwest Hit by Damaging Hail Storms, Tornadoes
Jun 5 2014 // Baseball-sized hail pummeled homes and cars in Nebraska and Iowa on June 2 as powerful thunderstorms moved through a swath of Midwest states, also causing severe flooding and prompting reports of tornadoes. The National...
Insurer for Nebraska’s Douglas County Sued for Damages in Murder Case
May 27 2014 // Two men wrongfully accused in a 2006 double murder are going after Douglas County’s liability insurance carrier to recoup a multimillion-dollar judgment against the county’s former crime lab chief. Attorneys...
Nebraska Supreme Court: Farmers not Negligent in Fatal Crash
May 19 2014 // The Nebraska Supreme Court on May 2 upheld a lower court ruling that two farming brothers were not negligent in a 2007 fatal crash where tall corn created a blind intersection. The Oct. 6, 2007, crash in Saunders County...
Coverys to Acquire Nebraska’s Preferred Professional Insurance Co.
May 13 2014 // Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Co. (ProMutual), a Coverys member company, has plans to acquire Preferred Professional Insurance Co. (PPIC), located in Omaha, Neb. PPIC supports Catholic healthcare systems across the...
Nebraska Supreme Court: Farmers not Negligent in Fatal Crash
May 6 2014 // A lower court was right to find that farming brothers were not negligent in a 2007 fatal crash where tall corn created a blind intersection, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled on May 2. The crash occurred on Oct. 6, 2007, in...
Union Pacific Must Reinstate Injured Nebraska Worker, Pay Damages
May 5 2014 // Federal regulators have ordered Union Pacific to reinstate an injured Nebraska worker and pay $85,000 in damages. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the railroad...
Ridesharing Companies Get Warning from Nebraska Regulators
Apr 28 2014 // The state Public Service Commission has sent warnings to two ridesharing companies that they need the commission’s permission to offer services in Nebraska. The commission issued letters to Lyft and Uber, two San...
Union Pacific Must Reinstate Injured Nebraska Worker, Pay Damages
Apr 25 2014 // Federal regulators have ordered Union Pacific to reinstate an injured Nebraska worker and pay $85,000 in damages. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the railroad...
Nebraska Court: Agent Breached Contract but Client List Not a Trade Secret
Apr 21 2014 // The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the finding of a lower court that a crop insurance agent breached the terms of her contract with a former employer when she went to work for another agency. However, in First Express...
Nebraska Store Manager Who Was Shot to Get Workers’ Comp Benefits
Apr 14 2014 // An Omaha, Neb., clothing store manager shot up to nine times in an act of revenge for reporting an earlier robbery is entitled to compensation for drug and alcohol rehab and treatment of post-traumatic stress syndrome...
Nebraska Court: Agent Breached Contract but Client List Not a Trade Secret
Apr 8 2014 // The Nebraska Supreme Court recently upheld the finding of a lower court that a crop insurance agent breached the terms of her contract with a former employer when she went to work for another agency. However, in First...
Lincoln, Nebraska to Pay $127K to Homeowners for Sewage Flood Damage
Apr 7 2014 // The city of Lincoln, Neb., is paying thousands to more than a dozen homeowners whose basements were flooded with sewage. A water main break in the Belmont neighborhood of north Lincoln early New Year’s Day filled a...
MarketScout Adds Whaley as AVP in Animal Mortality Unit in Nebraska
Feb 21 2014 // Dallas-based MarketScout has expanded its commercial specialty program underwriting practice with the addition of Greg Whaley as assistant vice president, lead underwriter of its new national animal mortality facility....
Safety Advocates Call for Nebraska Texting, Seat Belt Law
Jan 30 2014 // Driver safety advocates have renewed their call for a stronger seat belt and texting law in Nebraska, arguing that the measure would help reduce fatal crashes. The legislation would allow law enforcement to stop drivers...
Two Dead in Blast at Nebraska Manufacturing Plant; Cause Unknown
Jan 22 2014 // After a blast caused much of an Omaha, Neb., manufacturing plant to collapse, some workers found themselves buried in debris and others scrambled for their lives. Two of the 38 workers who were at the International...
Excessive Force Claimed in Suit Against Omaha, Nebraska Police
Jan 8 2014 // A lawsuit alleging excessive force and other rights violations has been filed against Omaha, Neb., police over an incident that led to the firing of four officers. The ACLU of Nebraska said the lawsuit was filed in U.S....
Kittell Named Director of Agency Real Time/Download Campaign
Dec 2 2013 // The insurance industry’s Real Time/Download Campaign, which aims to improve workflows for independent agencies, has named Elizabeth Kittell as campaign director. Liz Kittell Kittell has independent agency and...
