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Nebraska Wrongful Death: A Northern Virginia Family’s Guide
A Northern Virginia family's guide to wrongful death claims in Nebraska. I walk readers through the Nebraska Wrongful Death Act at Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 30-809, the parallel survival action at Section 25-1401, the Hospital-Medical Liability Act $2.25 million TOTAL damages cap at Section 44-2825 (one of the few states with a total cap, not just noneconomic), the Nebraska constitutional prohibition on punitive damages under Article VII Section 5, the 2-year wrongful death SOL, the 2-year medmal SOL with 10-year repose, the State and Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Acts, the 50-percent modified comparative fault bar, and how NoVA-to-Nebraska travel ties produce cross-jurisdictional cases.
