Nebraska Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Dobias

I dissent. The majority holds that The Nebraska Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association is not obligated to pay the interest, costs, and attorney fees awarded in this case; that the plain language contained in Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 44-2702(4) and 44-2707(3)(b) (Reissue 1993) does not cover interest, costs, and attorney fees.

In general, statutes in existence at the time the contract was made become part and parcel of the contract as if set forth therein. In re Estate of Peterson, 221 Neb. 792, 381 N.W.2d 109 (1986). See, also, Haakinson & Beaty Co. v. Inland Ins. Co., 216 Neb. 426, 344…