All disputed claims for workers' compensation shall be submitted to the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court for a finding, award, order, or judgment. Such compensation court shall have jurisdiction to decide any issue ancillary to the resolution of an employee's right to workers' compensation benefits, except that jurisdiction with respect to income withholding pursuant to the Income Withholding for Child Support Act shall be as provided in such act, jurisdiction with respect to garnishment for support shall be as provided in sections 25-1009 to 25-1056 and 43-512.09 , and jurisdiction with respect to administrative attachment and bank matching shall be as provided in sections 43-3328 to 43-3339 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-161
Disputed claims; submission to court required; court; jurisdiction of ancillary issues
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Schweitzer v. American National Red Cross (1999)
Most recently applied in Bower v. Eaton Corp. (October 2018)
Laws 1935, c. 57, § 11, p. 191; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-172; R.S.1943, § 48-161; Laws 1986, LB 811, § 92; Laws 1990, LB 313, § 3; Laws 1993, LB 523, § 25; Laws 1997, LB 752, § 125.
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