State v. Muhannad

Nebraska Advance Sheets STATE v. MUHANNAD 59 Cite as

290 Neb. 59

fall. Here, the District, the movant, did not produce evidence of an alternative cause. It is always possible, of course, that Hughes’ feet simply became tangled, even if there is direct evidence to the contrary. But a plaintiff is not bound to exclude the possibility that the event might have happened in some other way.36 Contrary to the District’s argument, Hughes’ case is not doomed because there is more than one possible cause. It is enough for summary judgment purposes that the evidence permits a reasonable inference that…