Court Opinion

ID: 9708072
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 02:29:14.720794+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:41.877178
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Boslaugh, J.,
dissenting.
I agree with Judge Clinton that the plaintiffs’ failure to discuss the assignment of error relating to the ruling on the objection to the testimony of the witness Nolte waived the error. The case is decided, therefore, on the basis of the plain error rule.
A ruling as to the qualifications of an expert witness is within the discretion of the trial court and ordinarily will not be disturbed in the absence of a clear abuse of discretion. Whittington v. Nebraska Natural Gas Co., 177 Neb. 264, 128 N. W. 2d 795. I find it difficult to say that there was such a clear abuse of discretion in this case that it constituted a plain error.