Lancaster County v. Slezak

Summary

The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the district court’s reversal of a personnel policy board’s award of a retroactive merit increase to a county employee. The court held that the district court had subject matter jurisdiction because the county timely filed a praecipe requesting an authenticated transcript, and the board’s failure to provide one could not be charged to the county. It further held that the award exceeded the compensatory objective of contract damages because the employee’s evaluation score, rather than the evaluation’s lateness, prevented a merit increase.