Nebraska

Gage County to challenge insurance coverage for $28M lawsuit

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Gage County will challenge its insurers' decision not to cover it for a $28.1 million judgment awarded to six people who were wrongfully convicted of murder.

KWBE reports that the county board approved hiring a law firm Wednesday to fight its insurers' decision not to cover the lawsuit filed by six people who were wrongfully convicted in the 1985 murder of a Beatrice woman.

County officials have said Gage County doesn't have the resources to pay the judgment.

The Keating O'Gara law firm will receive more money if it manages to collect from the Nebraska Intergovernmental Risk Management Association or EMC Insurance.

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