Molina v. American Alternative Ins. Corp.

On April 1, 2000, Manuel Salazar sustained serious personal injuries resulting from a motor vehicle accident caused by the negligence of a deputy sheriff employed by Scotts Bluff County. In Salazar v. Scotts Bluff Cty., 266 Neb. 444, 665 N.W.2d 659 (2003), this court held that despite a determination that Salazar’s damages attributable to the negligence of the deputy sheriff amounted to $4,484,018, the county’s legal liability to Salazar was limited to $1 million under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-926(1) (Reissue 1997), which provides that “[t]he total amount recoverable under the Political…