Staman v. Yeager & Yeager, P.A.

This is an appeal from the granting of a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in a legal malpractice action. The plaintiff appeals to this court.

An extended recitation of the path this litigation followed is necessary for an understanding of the issues presented to us for decision. The appellant, Terry Staman, a resident of Crawford, Nebraska, began working for the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1980. In 1981, Staman began to experience respiratory problems and, in June 1982, injured an elbow in a fall at work.

In late 1983, the appellees Louis Jungbauer and Yeager & Yeager, P.A.…