BERGMAN BY HARRE v. Anderson

On the evening of October 16,1983, James Bergman and his girlfriend stopped at a gas station near 84th Street and West Center Road in Omaha. As Bergman started to drive from the gas station, Royce Anderson drove into the station and parked his van in front of Bergman’s car, blocking Bergman’s exit. Anderson got out of his van and was accompanied by his three teenage sons and four of their friends. Anderson and his teenage companions, carrying baseball bats, approached Bergman’s automobile and began beating on the hood with their bats. Anderson’s group had been tracking Bergman because of a…