Follow up: Nebraska supreme court to review malpractice verdict against McGrath North law firm. WOWT. The Douglas County District Court reduced the plaintiff's verdict from $1.6million to $229k. The Plaintiff appeals reducing the verdict, while the Defendant cross appeals to have the case dismissed. S-06-0130, Bellino et al v. McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC,et al. The defendant attorneys have included in their appeal that the plaintiff missed the statute of limitations because he was aware of the alleged malpractice more than two years before suing the attorneys and the continuous representation rule would not apply