202505P.pdf   09/13/2021  Kathrynn Pals  v.  Tony Weekly, Jr.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-2505
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha   
   [PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Loken and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Torts. Plaintiffs alleged that two contractor defendants 
   failed to inform the defendant Interstate Highway Commission that backups 
   were occurring in the construction site and that if they had make such 
   reports, as required by their contacts for the project, additional signage 
   would have been posted or an alternative traffic plan adopted, and the 
   accident which killed their decedents would have been avoided; the 
   district court did not err in concluding that even if the defendants owed 
   a duty to the deceased and even if they breached it, the negligence claims 
   against the contractors failed because the negligence of defendant Weekly, 
   the truck driver who struck the deceased's vehicle, was an efficient 
   underlying cause under Nebraska law; the district court did not abuse its 
   discretion in denying plaintiffs' motion to stay pending the filing and 
   resolution of their fourth sanctions motion.