Court Opinion

ID: 9672618
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:58:02.540728+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:17.495090
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Hendry, C.J.,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion insofar as it addresses Neb. Const. art III, § 18. As explained by my dissent in Bergan Mercy Health Sys. v. Haven, ante p. 846, 620 N.W.2d 339 (2000), the classes created by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 52-401 (Reissue 1998) with regard to a special legislation claim are (1) the particular class of physicians, nurses, and hospitals who receive the privilege of the lien and (2) the general class of those who likewise perform services of any nature in the treatment of, or in connection with, an injury without the privilege of the lien. Under the rationale set out in my dissent in Bergan Mercy Health Sys., I believe Parnell lacks standing to assert that the class of physicians, nurses, and hospitals created by § 52-401 violates Neb. Const. art III, § 18. Accordingly, I withhold any opinion regarding whether § 52-401 violates Neb. Const. art III, § 18.