Latest Nebraska Headlines
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Nebraska Man Gets Jail Time in Auto Insurance Fraud Case
Oct 29 2015 // A North Platte, Neb., man accused of driving his car into a canal so he could collect on his insurance has been sent to prison. Court records say 32-year-old Josh Salisbury was sentenced to 18 to 36 months for insurance...
Ex-Senator Nelson to Exit NAIC Leadership Post
Oct 9 2015 // Former U.S. Senator Ben Nelson will not renew his contract as chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the group announced. Nelson’s current term ends on Jan. 31, 2016....
Nebraska Software Developer Awarded $43.8M in Antitrust Lawsuit
Sep 29 2015 // A Douglas County jury has awarded Omaha, Neb., software developer Baldwin Hackett & Meeks Inc. $43.8 million in a lawsuit that accused a rival software firm of violating antitrust laws and breaching a nondisclosure...
Iowa’s New Highway Cable Barriers Helping to Reduce Fatalities
Sep 22 2015 // An effort to build cable barriers on Iowa’s highways has helped reduce the number of cross-median fatal crashes. After 21 people died as a result of cross-median collisions in 2010, state officials installed 177...
Court Backs Workers’ Comp Ruling for Assaulted Nebraska Nurse
Sep 21 2015 // The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a workers’ compensation ruling requiring a Kearney hospital to pay the salary of a former nurse who says she’s unable to work because of psychological injuries she received...
Martinez Joins Columbia Insurance Group in Nebraska
Sep 17 2015 // Columbia Insurance Group (Columbia) welcomed Shane Martinez to its executive team as the new vice president and Omaha, Neb., branch manager. Martinez is a seasoned insurance professional with more than 20 years of...
Uninsured Rate in Nebraska Dropped Below 10% in 2014
Sep 17 2015 // A new federal report says the proportion of Nebraska residents without health insurance dropped below 10 percent last year. The census report says 9.7 percent of residents were uninsured in 2014, down from 11.3 percent the...
Court Backs Workers’ Comp Ruling for Assaulted Nebraska Nurse
Sep 8 2015 // The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld a workers’ compensation ruling requiring a Kearney hospital to pay the salary of a former nurse who says she’s unable to work because of psychological injuries she received...
Nebraska Flooring Company Fined $244K for Workplace Dangers
Sep 4 2015 // Federal safety officials have placed a Norfolk, Neb., flooring manufacturer into a severe violator program for workplace safety hazards and attempting to hide those hazards from safety inspectors. U.S. Department of Labor...
CAA Expanding into Nebraska; Elliott to Lead New Central Region
Sep 1 2015 // The Texas-based agency partnership Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced it is expanding into Nebraska and elected Rick Elliott to serve as central regional vice president. The insurance agency aggregator will be...
Nebraska Jogger Who Sued City over Uneven Sidewalk Loses
Aug 19 2015 // A jogger who blamed Lincoln, Neb., officials after falling on an uneven sidewalk has lost her lawsuit against the city. The Lincoln Journal Star reports Lancaster County District Judge Andrew Jacobsen dismissed the lawsuit...
$17M Malpractice Award May Test Nebraska Tort Cap
Aug 17 2015 // In a case that could test Nebraska’s strict cap on medical malpractice awards, a federal jury has awarded the family of a 2-year-old girl a whopping $17 million, finding that subpar care at Bellevue Medical Center...
Nebraska Tort Cap May Be Tested by $17M Jury Award
Aug 10 2015 // In a case that could test Nebraska’s strict cap on medical malpractice awards, a federal jury has awarded the family of a 2-year-old girl a whopping $17 million, finding that subpar care at Bellevue Medical Center...
Nebraska Jury Awards $920K to Man Hurt When Chair Broke
Aug 3 2015 // A man who was injured at a Union Pacific facility when a chair he was sitting on broke has been awarded more than $920,000 by a jury in western Nebraska. Dan Anderson filed the lawsuit in March 2010, alleging that the...
Lincoln, Nebraska Considering Ban on ‘Flying Bags of Fire’
Jul 27 2015 // The Lincoln, Neb., City Council will consider a proposal to ban flying lanterns — or what Public Safety Director Tom Casady calls “flying bags of fire.” Councilman Roy Christensen proposed the ban, the...
Missing Word Leads to Reversal of Employee-Favorable Ruling in Nebraska
Jul 20 2015 // The omission of one word in a workers’ compensation court ruling favoring a co-op employee hurt during a company party led the Nebraska Supreme Court to reverse the ruling on July 10. The case stems from a 2010...
Nebraska High Court Reverses Work Comp Ruling Favoring Employee
Jul 13 2015 // The omission of one word in a workers’ compensation court ruling favoring a co-op employee hurt during a company party led the Nebraska Supreme Court to reverse the ruling on July 10. The case stems from a 2010...
Weather Damage to Nebraska’s Public Infrastructure Exceeds $13.5M
Jun 30 2015 // Nebraska emergency officials say recent severe weather has caused more than $13.5 million in damage to roads, bridges and other public infrastructure. The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency said that the damage was...
Lincoln, Nebraska OKs $1M to Help Victims of Sewer Backups
Jun 17 2015 // The City Council in Lincoln, Neb., has approved a $1 million disaster assistance program to aid Lincoln residents whose homes were damage by raw sewage that backed up during heavy rains, but some of the victims are still...
Economic Report Suggests Slower Growth in Midwest
Jun 2 2015 // Slower economic growth is likely through the end of the third quarter this year for nine Midwestern and Plains states, according to a report issued on June 1. The survey report says the overall Mid-America Business...
