Dishman v. Nebraska Public Power District

The appellants, David and Barbara Dishman, husband and wife, brought an action seeking to enjoin the appellee, Nebraska Public Power District, from flooding the basement of their home in the future and to recover damages for the flooding it had caused in the past. The trial court dismissed the action in its entirety. The Dishmans complain only of the trial court’s failure to award them damages, asserting, in summary, that the court erred in concluding they had not complied with the notice requirement of the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-905 (Reissue 1991). For…