Court Opinion

ID: 9742729
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:19:14.166462+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:35.670944
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Krivosha, C.J.,
concurring in the result.
I am in complete agreement with the majority in this case insofar as it concludes that the action of the trial court should be reversed and remanded. I, however, again write separately with regard to the suggestion by the majority that there are at least three members of the court who would hold the airplane guest statute, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 3-129.01 (Reissue 1983), constitutional. In 1980, writing in Kreifels v. Wurtele, 206 Neb. 491, 293 N.W.2d 407 (1980), I expressed my view with regard to the matter generally, concluding that Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-6,191 (Reissue 1978), the automobile guest statute, was in violation of both the Nebraska Constitution and the U.S. Constitution. Section 3-129.01 is a mirror image of § 39-6,191, except that it applies to aircraft rather than automobiles. I repeated that view again in Cushing v. Bernhardt, 210 Neb. 272, 313 N.W.2d 688 (1981). I wish to indicate that my view has not been changed by the passage of time. Quite to the contrary, the action taken by our Legislature in amending § 39-6,191 in 1981 and § 3-129.01 in 1984 has only strengthened my resolve.
I am authorized to state that Grant, J., joins in this concurrence.