Brunken v. City of Omaha Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees

This appeal deals with the single question as to whether the appellant, Norman R. Brunken, was entitled to receive a monthly disability pension from the City of Omaha by reason of his having become permanently unfit for active duty as a city employee. While the question itself is relatively simple and straightforward, the case is anything but simple and straightforward. The first thing we must do, then, is attempt to sort out the pieces so that the question involved in the appeal can be addressed.

In reality, two appeals were ultimately filed in the district court for Douglas County, Nebraska,…