Opinion ID: 1659030
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Breach of Duty to Disclose

Text: Appellants claim that the district court erred in determining that they breached their duty to disclose Jeffrey's violent propensities. Referring to the record, appellants assert that Hensler informed Immanuel that Jeffrey had a history of physical aggression and that such declaration satisfied appellants' duty to disclose information. In a lengthy order, the district court recounted in detail the evidence that was adduced during trial. The district court included in its order a recitation of those facts which favored Fuhrman's case and those facts which favored appellants' defense. In so doing, the district court specifically found that Hensler did not tell anyone of authority at Immanuel about [Jeffrey]'s history of violence, although she knew he was violent, and that DHHS had a copy of all of [Jeffrey]'s records ... but ... never provided any of the information about [Jeffrey]'s assaults to anybody at Immanuel. In actions brought pursuant to the State Tort Claims Act, the factual findings of the trial court will not be disturbed on appeal unless they are clearly wrong, and when determining the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict, it must be considered in the light most favorable to the successful party. Every controverted fact must be resolved in favor of such party, and it is entitled to the benefit of every inference that can reasonably be deduced from the evidence. Fu v. State, 263 Neb. 848, 643 N.W.2d 659 (2002). Given the record in this case, we determine that the district court's factual findings regarding breach are not clearly wrong and that the district court did not err in determining that appellants had breached their duty to disclose information regarding Jeffrey's history of violence.