Olson v. Sanitary & Improvement District No. 177

The plaintiff dove off a dock into shallow water and broke his neck. The trial court entered summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The Nebraska Court of Appeals affirmed, and we granted the plaintiff’s petition for further review.

SCOPE OF REVIEW

In reviewing a summary judgment, an appellate court views the evidence in a light most favorable to the party against whom the judgment is granted and gives such party the benefit of all reasonable inferences deducible from the evidence. Young v. Eriksen Constr. Co., 250 Neb. 798, 553 N.W.2d 143 (1996).

When reviewing a question of law, an…