Opinion ID: 4511269
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: standard of review

Text: [4,5] 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.8 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.9 [6] 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.10 8 Larsen v. 401 Main Street, 302 Neb. 454, 923 N.W.2d 710 (2019). 9 Id. 10 Patterson v. Metropolitan Util. Dist., 302 Neb. 442, 923 N.W.2d 717 (2019). - 786 - Nebraska Supreme Court Advance Sheets 304 Nebraska Reports SAYLOR v. STATE Cite as 304 Neb. 779