Spiker v. John Day Co.

I feel the time has come for this court to reconsider and overrule our previous pronouncement in Claus v. DeVere, 120 Neb. 812, 235 N. W. 450 (1931), in which this court announced the rule that an injured workman cannot recover for his wife’s services as a nurse which were furnished to him while he was cared for at home.

*516The accident in question occurred on August 11, 1971. The defendant and the insurance company refused to make any further payments to the claimant after March 3, 1972, on the basis that plaintiff’s condition would not be further improved, and might even deteriorate. The…