Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-157 (2026)

Clerk; administrator; appointment; duties

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(1) The presiding judge of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court shall appoint a clerk of the compensation court and such employees as the compensation court deems necessary to support the judicial proceedings of the compensation court, subject to approval of the compensation court. The clerk and employees supporting the judicial proceedings of the compensation court shall serve at the pleasure of the compensation court and shall perform such duties pertaining to the affairs of the court as the compensation court may prescribe or as otherwise provided by law.

(2) The presiding judge shall, subject to approval of the compensation court, appoint an administrator of the compensation court, who shall be the chief administrative officer of the compensation court. The administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the compensation court and shall perform such duties pertaining to affairs of the compensation court as the presiding judge may prescribe or as otherwise provided by law. The administrator shall appoint such other employees as the administrator deems necessary to carry out the duties of the administrator, subject to approval of the presiding judge. Employees appointed by the administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the administrator and shall perform such duties as the administrator may prescribe.

(3) The clerk shall, under the direction of the presiding judge, keep a full and true record of the judicial proceedings of the compensation court, record all pleadings and other documents filed with the compensation court, and issue all necessary notices and writs. No action shall be taken on any pleading or other document filed with the compensation court until the same has been recorded by the clerk. At the time a petition or motion is filed the clerk shall, on a rotating basis, assign one of the judges of the compensation court to hear the cause.

(4) The clerk may, under the direction of the presiding judge, make or cause to be made preservation duplicates of any record relating to the judicial proceedings of the compensation court. The original record may be destroyed, but only with the approval of the State Records Administrator pursuant to the Records Management Act. The reproduction of the preservation duplicates shall be admissible as evidence in any court of record in the State of Nebraska and, when duly certified, shall be evidence of equal credibility with the original record.

(5) Notices of hearings, notices of continuances, and summonses may be destroyed without preparing preservation duplicates after a record of their issuance has been made in the docket book. A reproduction of the page of the docket book or of the preservation duplicate of the page of the docket book showing such record and, in the case of summonses, showing issuance or return of the summons, when duly certified, shall be evidence of equal credibility with the original notice or summons. Correspondence, exhibits, and other documents relating to the judicial proceedings of the compensation court which the clerk deems to be irrelevant, unimportant, or superfluous may be destroyed without preparing preservation duplicates.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases, 1931–1990 · leading case: Bituminous Cas. Corp. v. Deyle, 451 N.W.2d 910 (Neb. 1990).

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Bituminous Cas. Corp. v. Deyle, 451 N.W.2d 910 (Neb. 1990). · cites it 4× “" Also, Neb.Rev.Stat. § 48-157 (Reissue 1988) states in relevant part: The clerk [of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court] shall, under the direction of the presiding judge, keep a full and true record of the proceedings of the compensation court and record all pleadings and…”

Chilen v. Com. Cas. Ins., 283 N.W. 366 (Neb. 1939). · cites it 2× “: “Every order and award of the compensation court shall be binding upon each party at interest unless notice of intention to appeal to the district court has been filed with the compensation court within fourteen days following the date of rendition of the order or award:…”

McIntosh v. Stand. Oil Co., 236 N.W. 152 (Neb. 1931). · cites it 4× “In addition to those heretofore set forth, it cites paragraph (g) of section 48-157, Comp. St. 1929, which is as follows: “Every claim for benefits under the provisions of * * * (48-101 to 48-161) * * * may be presented to the compensation commissioner for adjudication and an…”

Park v. Sch. Dist. No. 27, 257 N.W. 219 (Neb. 1934). · cites it 2× “” Section 48-157 provides, as to claims for benefits under the provisions of our compensation act (Comp.”

Hansen v. Paxton & Vierling Iron Works, 284 N.W. 352 (Neb. 1939). · cites it 2× “The right to a trial de novo in the district court where rehearing is waived in the compensation court, and where notice of appeal is given under section 48-157, Comp. St. Supp. 1937, depends, therefore, not upon the filing of a certified transcript of the pleadings and orders…”

Duering v. Vill. of Upland, 251 N.W. 819 (Neb. 1933). · cites it 8× “Section 48-157, Comp. St. 1929, was passed by the legislature in 1917 (Laws 1917, ch.”

Dolner v. Peter Kiewit & Sons Co., 9 N.W.2d 483 (Neb. 1943). · cites it 2× “Section 48-157 (d), Comp. St. Supp. 1941, provides that the “compensation court shall keep and maintain a full and true record of all proceedings, of all documents or papers ordered filed, of all rules and regulations, of all decisions or orders.”

Perry v. Johnson Fruit Co., 243 N.W. 655 (Neb. 1932). · cites it 2× “So that the proceeding may not be burdensome to the workman, a simplified form of procedure is provided, for among other things section 48-157, Comp. St. 1929, states that, for the purpose of a hearing before him, the compensation commissioner shall adopt reasonable and proper…”

Callahan v. Allied Mills, Inc., 258 N.W. 804 (Neb. 1935). · cites it 2× “Subdivision g of section 48-157, Comp. St. 1929, provides : “Every order and award of the compensation commissioner shall be binding upon each party at interest unless notice of intention to appeal to the district court has been filed with the compensation commissioner within…”

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