Opinion ID: 4207573
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Heading: standard of review

Text: [1] A district court’s grant of a motion to dismiss on the pleadings is reviewed de novo, accepting the allegations in the complaint as true and drawing all reasonable inferences in favor of the nonmoving party.4 4 Zapata v. McHugh, 296 Neb. 216, 893 N.W.2d 720 (2017). - 688 - Nebraska Supreme Court A dvance Sheets 297 Nebraska R eports SALEM GRAIN CO. v. CONSOLIDATED GRAIN & BARGE CO. Cite as 297 Neb. 682 [2] Statutory interpretation presents a question of law, for which an appellate court has an obligation to reach an independent conclusion irrespective of the decision made by the court below.5