Opinion ID: 4552293
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: standard of review

Text: [1,2] An appellate court will affirm a lower court’s grant of summary judgment if the pleadings and admitted evidence show that there is no genuine issue as to any material facts 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. 16 In reviewing a summary judgment, an appellate court views the evidence in the light most favorable to the party against whom the judgment was granted and gives that party the benefit of all reasonable inferences deducible from the evidence. 17 [3] Where the relevant facts are undisputed, whether the notice requirements of the STCA or the PSTCA have been satisfied is a question of law, on which an appellate court reaches a conclusion independent of the lower court’s ruling. 18 [4] Statutory interpretation presents a question of law, for which an appellate court has an obligation to reach an 16 JB & Assocs. v. Nebraska Cancer Coalition, 303 Neb. 855, 932 N.W.2d 71 (2019). 17 Id. 18 Estate of McElwee v. Omaha Transit Auth., 266 Neb. 317, 664 N.W.2d 461 (2003). - 154 - Nebraska Supreme Court Advance Sheets 306 Nebraska Reports SAYLOR v. STATE Cite as 306 Neb. 147 independent conclusion irrespective of the decision made by the court below. 19