Legal Opinion
Plambeck v. Union Pacific Railroad
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided June 23, 1989No. 87-579PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Coady.D.J.
On July 13, 1979, the appellant, Tommy E. Plambeck, suffered a back injury while employed by the appellee, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and while working on its premises. Over the next lx/i years, appellant continued to be employed by appellee, but was absent from work frequently because of his injury. Appellant suffered and received almost all the known methods of treatment for back problems and pain, including chymopapian injection, spinal fusion, and attendance at the Pain Clinic.
In 1986, the appellee decided that it had to reduce the number of its employees, and a buy-out…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Edward L. Flanigan v. Burlington Northern Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Alfred Francia and Gennaro Ferrara, and Cross-Appellants v. Patrick M. White, Individually and as Sheriff of Sandoval County, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- William Birchem v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- John J. Borough v. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Alexander F. Koshorek v. The Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by10 opinions
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