Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-101 : LABOR — WORKERS' COMPENSATION — COMPENSATION BY ACTION AT LAW, MODIFICATION OF REMEDIES —101 - Personal injury; employer's liability; compensation, when TEXT PDF When personal injury is caused to an employee by accident or occupational disease, arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, such employee shall receive compensation therefor from his or her employer if the employee was not willfully negligent at the time of receiving such injury. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-101 Laws 1913, c. 198, § 1, p. 579; R.S.1913, § 3642; C.S.1922, § 3024; C.S.1929, § 48-101; Laws 1943, c. 113, § 1, p. 397; R.S.1943, § 48-101; Laws 1971, LB 572, § 1.