Sharkey v. Board of Regents

I. NATURE OF CASE

The instant appeal arises out of a stabbing incident on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). Danny Clark, a UNO student, stabbed John Sharkey (Sharkey) during an altercation over Clark’s harassment of Sharkey’s wife, Regina Sharkey (Regina). Sharkey sustained serious injuries to his hands and arms. He sought recovery in a suit filed against the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (University) under the State Tort Claims Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-8,209 et seq. (Cum. Supp. 1992). Regina joined her claim for loss of consortium with Sharkey’s claim…