Wakenight v. State

This is an appeal from a decision of the District Court dismissing an action brought by the plaintiff against the State of Nebraska under the State Tort Claims Act. The plaintiff has appealed.

At approximately 8:30 p.m., March 12, 1976, the plaintiff was hitchhiking along the south shoulder of Interstate 80 at a point approximately 3 miles west of the Milford interchange. A Nebraska State Patrol trooper stopped, picked up the plaintiff, informed him that hitchhiking was illegal on the Interstate, and gave him a warning ticket. The trooper then drove the plaintiff to the east entrance ramp of…