Salazar v. Nemec

This is an appeal from a decision of the Nebraska Court of Appeals which reversed and remanded for a new trial a judgment of the district court for Douglas County. See Salazar v. Nemec, 5 Neb. App. 622, 562 N.W.2d 728 (1997). We reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and affirm the judgment of the district court.

On October 13, 1990, the parties’ automobiles collided at the intersection of 32d Avenue and Vinton Street in Omaha, Nebraska. Both streets are two-lane, two-way streets protected by stop signs at each of four entrances to the intersection. A jury returned a verdict for the…