Mark Heineman of Dodge County filed a personal injury lawsuit against The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. The nursing home moved to dismiss the lawsuit and compel arbitration. The Nebraska Supreme Court agreed with the nursing home.
The court found that the contract containing the arbitration clause was supported by mutual consideration even though there was a suggestion that the nursing home did not arbitrate all disputes.
The arbitration clause was also not contrary to existing Nebraska public policy or law. There is a 2016 federal regulation prohibiting "a pre-dispute agreement for binding arbitration" but that ...
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The Failed Four Million Dollar Handwritten Will
On May 22, 2014, Brian L. Tiedeman of Lancaster county met with his lawyer on trust administration matters. Tiedeman wanted to change or make a new will. His lawyer told him to make another appointment on the will matter. As a stop-gap measure and in the presence of his lawyer, he wrote:
"5-22-14
I Brian L Tiedeman want all my
All Property to Dustin Lovorn
I here by attend to change my will.
[Signature]"
There was no other appointment with his lawyer and Tiedeman passed away on February 24, 2015.
Lovorn sought to probate the handwritten will. Both the district court and the Nebraska Supreme Court held the document was not a valid ...
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Nebraska Defines the Term “Parent”
Nebraska defines the term parent for purposes of the Nebraska inheritance tax.
"(1) reception of the child into the home and treatment of the child as a member of the family, (2) assumption of the responsibility for support beyond occasional gifts and financial aid, (3) exercise of parental authority and discipline, (4) relationship by blood or marriage, (5) advice and guidance to the child, (6) sharing of time and affection, and (7) existence of written documentation evincing the decedent's intent to act as parent."
In this case, the person who asserted that she was the child of the deceased wanted to claim the full $40,000 inheritance tax ...
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