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BURNS v. VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS

No. 87-386.

438 N.W.2d 485 (1989)

231 Neb. 844

Jeanne A. BURNS, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, a Nebraska Nonprofit Corporation, doing business as VFW Benson Post No. 2503, Appellee and Cross-Appellant; The Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, a Foreign Insurance Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Nelsen, of Schmid, Mooney & Frederick, P.C., for appellant and cross-appellee.

Eugene P. Welch, of Gross, Welch, Vinardi, Kauffman & Day, P.C., for appellee and cross-appellant Veterans of Foreign Wars.

BOSLAUGH, WHITE, SHANAHAN, and FAHRNBRUCH, JJ., and WITTHOFF, District Judge.

SHANAHAN, Justice.

Jeanne A. Burns sued the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a Nebraska nonprofit corporation, doing business as VFW Benson Post No. 2503 (VFW), in a slip and fall case based on VFW's negligence regarding the icy loading zone on its premises. From a defendant's verdict, Burns appeals and asserts error in the district court's refusal to direct a verdict that Burns was free from contributory negligence and in the instruction given on liability of a possessor...

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