Torts - Governmental Tort Immunity - Legal Process - Role of Courts in Modifying the Law

Authors

E. Kears Pollock

Abstract

The Supreme Court of Nebraska has assumed an active role in eliminating governmental tort immunity by holding that municipal corporations are not immune from tort liability arising out of the operation of motor vehicles, where the prior immunity had not been fixed by specific legislation.

Brown v. City of Omaha, 183 Neb. 430, 160 N.W.2d 805 (1968).

First Page

468

Recommended Citation

E. K. Pollock, Torts - Governmental Tort Immunity - Legal Process - Role of Courts in Modifying the Law, 7 Duq. L. Rev. 468 (1969).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol7/iss3/8