Opinion ID: 1862933
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Heading: standard of review

Text: Summary judgment is proper only when the pleadings, depositions, admissions, stipulations, and affidavits in the record disclose that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact or as to the ultimate inferences that may be drawn from those facts and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Turner v. Fehrs Neb. Tractor & Equip., 259 Neb. 313, 609 N.W.2d 652 (2000). In reviewing a summary judgment, an appellate court views the evidence in a light most favorable to the party against whom the judgment is granted and gives such party the benefit of all reasonable inferences deducible from the evidence. Id. The question whether a legal duty exists for actionable negligence is a question of law dependant on the facts in a particular situation. Id. On a question of law, an appellate court is obligated to reach a conclusion independent of the determination reached by the court below. Id.