Opinion ID: 4518167
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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.7 [2] Whether the allegations made by a plaintiff constitute a cause of action under the STCA or whether the allegations set forth claims which are precluded by the exemptions set forth in the act is a question of law, for which an appellate court has a duty to reach its conclusions independent of the conclusions reached by the district court.8 [3] 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.9 7 Rouse, supra note 4; Amend, supra note 4. 8 Amend, supra note 4. 9 Rouse, supra note 4; Amend, supra note 4. - 116 - Nebraska Supreme Court Advance Sheets 305 Nebraska Reports BROWN v. STATE Cite as 305 Neb. 111