Legal Opinion
Kloch v. Ratcliffe
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided November 8, 1985No. 84-642PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBoslaugh, J.
This was an action for slander in which the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $375,000. The defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was sustained and the petition dismissed. The plaintiff has appealed. By a cross-appeal the defendant submits additional reasons for affirming the judgment of the district court.
On April 18, 1982, the plaintiff, Stephen L. Kloch, was employed as a locomotive engineer by the Burlington Northern railroad. He was returning to Alliance, Nebraska, from Edgemont, South Dakota, as the engineer on a freight train which entered…
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