Court Opinion

ID: 9742531
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:15:27.859646+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:33.273570
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Smith, J.,
concurring in the result.
I concur with the majority opinion, except its reference to the question whether the evidence supports the findings of fact. Asserting no affirmative defense, defendant prevailed in the Nebraska Workmen’s Compensation Court en banc. In this situation we ought to rely on McPhillips v. Knox Constr. Co., Inc., ante p. 306, 208 N. W. 2d 261 (1973), not on Gifford v. Ag Lime, Sand & Gravel Co., 187 Neb. 57, 187 N. W. 2d 285 (1971), in which plaintiff prevailed in the trial court - the District Court on direct appeal from the one-judge compensation court. To me the reference in the majority opinion is erroneous, confusing, and incapable of rational application.