Legal Opinion
Holste v. Burlington Northern Railroad
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided April 16, 1999No. S-97-412, S-97-509, S-97-533PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGerrard, J.
I. NATURE OF CASE
The estate of Donald Lee Branon was opened in the county court for Morrill County. Donald Branon’s widow, Cinda Marie Branon (Branon), the personal representative of that estate and an appellee herein, filed a wrongful death action which was eventually brought in the district court for Box Butte County. After the case was settled, several of Branon’s former attorneys sought payment from the proceeds, and by the terms of the settlement, a cash sum was paid in to the county court pending resolution of the claims by the district court. Kaplan Law Corporation (Kaplan), a…
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