Nebraska Revised Statute 28-716
28-716.
Person participating in an investigation or the making of a report or providing information or assistance; immune from liability; civil or criminal.
Any person participating in an investigation or the making of a report of child abuse or neglect required by section 28-711 pursuant to or participating in a judicial proceeding resulting therefrom or providing information or assistance, including a medical evaluation or consultation in connection with an investigation, a report, or a judicial proceeding pursuant to a report of child abuse or neglect, shall be immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed, except for maliciously false statements.
Source
- Laws 1977, LB 38, § 155;
- Laws 1994, LB 1035, § 5;
- Laws 2005, LB 116, § 7;
- Laws 2020, LB1148, § 3.
Annotations
The immunity from liability under state law provided by this section does not apply to a claim advanced under federal law, even if that claim is litigated in a Nebraska court. Shearer v. Leuenberger, 256 Neb. 566, 591 N.W.2d 762 (1999).