Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center v. Hawort

In this case, we are required to determine whether a wrongful death action alleging negligence on the part of health care providers who have elected to qualify under the Nebraska Hospital-Medical Liability Act (NHMLA), Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-2801 et seq. (Reissue 1993 & Cum. Supp. 1996), is governed by the limitations provision of § 44-2828, which is a component of the NHMLA, or by the statute of limitations applicable to wrongful death actions set forth in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-810 (Reissue 1995). This question of law was presented but not reached in Healy v. Langdon, 245 Neb. 1, 511 N.W.2d 498…