{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-83-356","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-356","heading":"Mentally ill persons; mistreatment; liability; penalty.","body":"Any person taking care of a mentally ill person, and restraining such a person, either with or without authority, who shall treat such person with wanton severity, harshness or cruelty, or shall in any way abuse such a person, shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor and shall also be liable in an action for all damages sustained by such mentally ill person.","path":["Chapter 83 - STATE INSTITUTIONS"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=83-356","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:01:11Z","sha256":"b5148caf8f174ecc92257acf85b815161fb97b366ffbd11e07a30c415ed881ca","source_id":"us-ne","stale":true,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-83-355","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-83-357"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}