(1) The Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court, or any judge thereof, is authorized and empowered to examine under oath or otherwise any person, employee, employer, agent, superintendent, supervisor, or officer of any partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, any officer of any domestic insurance company, any agent of any foreign insurance company, or any medical practitioner, to issue subpoenas for the appearance of witnesses and the production of books and papers, to solemnize marriages, and to administer oaths with like effect as is done in other courts of law in this state. In the examination of any witness and in requiring the production of books, papers, and other evidence, the compensation court shall have and exercise all of the powers of a judge, magistrate, or other officer in the taking of depositions or the examination of witnesses, including the power to enforce his or her orders by commitment for refusal to answer or for the disobedience of any such order.
(2) The compensation court or any judge thereof may, upon the motion of either party or upon its or his or her own motion, require the production of any books, documents, payrolls, medical reports, X-rays, photographs, or plates or any facts or matters which may be necessary to assist in a determination of the rights of either party in any matter pending before the compensation court or any judge thereof.
(3) The compensation court or any judge thereof may expedite the hearing of a disputed case when there is an emergency.
Notes of Decisions
Eddy v. Builders Supply Co., 304 Neb. 804 (Neb. 2020).
· cites it 2× “12 The liberal discovery of potential testimony of an expert witness is not merely for convenience of the court and litigants, but exists to make the task of the trier of fact more manageable by means of an orderly presentation of complex issues of fact.”
Spratt v. Crete Carrier Corp., 311 Neb. 262 (Neb. 2022).
“01(7) states in perti- nent part: The compensation court or judge thereof may also modify a previous finding, order, award, or judgment relating to physical, medical, or vocational rehabilitation services as necessary in order to accomplish the goal of restoring the injured…”
Buckingham v. Creighton Univ., 539 N.W.2d 646 (Neb. 1995).
· cites it 2× “It provides in part: The Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court, or any judge thereof, is authorized and empowered to examine under oath or otherwise [certain persons], to issue subpoenas for the appearance of witnesses and the production of books and papers, to solemnize…”
Harpham v. Gen. Cas. Co., 441 N.W.2d 600 (Neb. 1989).
· cites it 2× “§ 48-162 (Reissue 1988) provides in relevant part: In the examination of any witness and in requiring the production of books, papers, and other evidence, the compensation court shall have and exercise all of the powers of a judge, magistrate, or other officer in the taking of…”
Spratt v. Crete Carrier Corp., 311 Neb. 262 (Neb. 2022).
“01(7) states in perti- nent part: The compensation court or judge thereof may also modify a previous finding, order, award, or judgment relating to physical, medical, or vocational rehabilitation services as necessary in order to accomplish the goal of restoring the injured…”
Rodgers v. Honeywell Int'l (Neb. Ct. App. 2021).
· cites it 3× “In relevant part, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-162 (1) (Reissue 2010) provides: The Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court, or any judge thereof, is authorized and empowered to examine under oath or otherwise any person, employee, employer, agent, superintendent, supervisor, or officer of…”
Eddy v. Builders Supply Co., 304 Neb. 804 (Neb. 2020).
· cites it 2× “12 The liberal discovery of potential testimony of an expert witness is not merely for convenience of the court and litigants, but exists to make the task of the trier of fact more manageable by means of an orderly presentation of complex issues of fact.”
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-162(1) — 1 case
Rodgers v. Honeywell Int'l (Neb. Ct. App. 2021).
“In relevant part, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-162 (1) (Reissue 2010) provides: The Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court, or any judge thereof, is authorized and empowered to examine under oath or otherwise any person, employee, employer, agent, superintendent, supervisor, or officer of…”
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