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Nebraska Revised Statute 48-122
View Statute 48-121.02
View Statute48-122.01
48-122.
Compensation; injuries causing death; amount and duration of payments; computation of wages; expenses of burial; alien dependents; appointment of attorney in fact; bond; filing required.
(5)(a)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (5)(a)(ii) of this section, the consular officer of the nation of which the employee, whose injury results in death, is a citizen shall be regarded as the sole legal representative of any alien dependents of the employee residing outside of the United States and representing the nationality of the employee.
(ii) At any time prior to the final settlement, a nonresident alien dependent may file with the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court a power of attorney designating any suitable person residing in this state to act as attorney in fact in proceedings under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act. If the compensation court determines that the interests of the nonresident alien dependent will be better served by such person than by the consular officer, the compensation court shall appoint such person to act as attorney in fact in such proceedings. In making such determination the court shall consider, among other things, whether a consular officer's jurisdiction includes Nebraska and the responsiveness of the consular officer to attempts made by an attorney representing the employee to engage such consular officer in the proceedings.
(b) Such consular officer or appointed person shall have in behalf of such nonresident alien dependents the exclusive right to institute proceedings for, adjust, and settle all claims for compensation provided by the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act and to receive the distribution to such nonresident alien dependents of all compensation arising thereunder.
(c) A person appointed under subdivision (5)(a)(ii) of this section shall furnish a bond satisfactory to the compensation court conditioned upon the proper application of any money received as compensation under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act. Before the bond is discharged, such appointed person shall file with the compensation court a verified account of receipts and disbursements of such money.
(d) For purposes of this section, consular officer means a consul general, vice consul general, or vice consul or the representative of any such official residing within the State of Nebraska.
(6) The changes made to this section by Laws 2019, LB418, apply to cases under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act that are pending on September 1, 2019, and to cases filed on or after such date.
Laws 1913, c. 198, § 22, p. 588;
R.S.1913, § 3663;
Laws 1917, c. 85, § 8, p. 205;
Laws 1919, c. 91, § 3, p. 232;
C.S.1922, § 3045;
C.S.1929, § 48-122;
Laws 1935, c. 57, § 40, p. 209;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-122;
R.S.1943, § 48-122;
Laws 1945, c. 112, § 2, p. 361;
Laws 1949, c. 160, § 2, p. 406;
Laws 1951, c. 152, § 2, p. 620;
Laws 1953, c. 162, § 2, p. 509;
Laws 1955, c. 186, § 2, p. 530;
Laws 1957, c. 203, § 2, p. 713;
Laws 1957, c. 204, § 2, p. 719;
Laws 1959, c. 223, § 2, p. 787;
Laws 1963, c. 284, § 2, p. 850;
Laws 1963, c. 285, § 2, p. 858;
Laws 1965, c. 279, § 2, p. 803;
Laws 1967, c. 288, § 2, p. 786;
Laws 1969, c. 393, § 2, p. 1381;
Laws 1971, LB 320, § 2;
Laws 1973, LB 193, § 2;
Laws 1974, LB 710, § 2;
Laws 1975, LB 198, § 2;
Laws 1977, LB 275, § 2;
Laws 1978, LB 446, § 2;
Laws 1979, LB 114, § 2;
Laws 1981, LB 234, § 1;
Laws 1983, LB 158, § 2;
Laws 1985, LB 608, § 2;
Laws 1986, LB 811, § 39;
Laws 1997, LB 853, § 1;
Laws 2012, LB738, § 1;
Laws 2019, LB418, § 1.