Opinion ID: 2099789
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: simple-tool doctrine

Text: In his third assignment of error, Semler contends the district court erred in concluding that the simple-tool doctrine relieved Sears of any duty it may have owed Semler as a supplier of the ladder. The simple-tool doctrine operates to relieve an employer of certain duties in the course of providing tools to its employees. See, Anderson v. Moser, 169 Neb. 134, 98 N.W.2d 703 (1959); Brown v. Swift & Co., 91 Neb. 532, 136 N.W. 726 (1912); Vanderpool v. Partridge, 79 Neb. 165, 112 N.W. 318 (1907). Having already determined that the district court did not err in finding that Sears did not supply the ladder, we need not address the applicability of the doctrine. Semler's third assignment of error is also without merit.