Legal Opinion
Bartunek v. State
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided July 25, 2003No. S-02-710PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGerrard, J.
NATURE OF CASE
DaNell Bartunek was assaulted in her home by George Andrew Piper, her former boyfriend, who was a convicted felon on probation at the time of the assault. Bartunek sued the State for failing to properly supervise Piper’s behavior and was awarded damages in the sum of $300,000 by the district court. The dispositive question presented in this appeal is what duty is owed by the State to protect individual citizens from harm caused by the criminal conduct of probationers the State is charged with supervising.
BACKGROUND
Piper was convicted in 1997, pursuant to a no contest plea, of…
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