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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-511

Rule 511. Waiver of privilege by voluntary disclosure

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Stetson v. Silverman (2009)

Most recently applied in Stetson v. Silverman (August 2009)

Laws 1975, LB 279, § 31.

A person upon whom these rules confer a privilege against disclosure of a confidential matter or communication waives the privilege if he or his predecessor, while holder of the privilege, voluntarily discloses or consents to disclosure of any significant part of the matter or communication. This rule does not apply if the disclosure is itself a privileged communication.

Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.