Legal Opinion
Estate of McElwee v. Omaha Transit Authority
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided July 11, 2003No. S-02-692PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Per curiam
NATURE OF CASE
The Omaha Transit Authority, doing business as Metro Area Transit, and Kathryn Waltrip (collectively MAT) appeal from a judgment entered against them pursuant to the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act (the Act), Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-901 et seq. (Reissue 1997). The dispositive issue presented in this appeal is whether the plaintiff, the estate of Lee Anna McElwee, presented its claim to MAT in compliance with the notice provisions of the Act.
BACKGROUND
On November 13, 1998, McElwee was struck by a MAT bus operated by Waltrip in the parking lot of the Crossroads Mall in Omaha,…
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