Diamond Surface, Inc. v. Cleveland

TAYLOR, Justice.

This opinion addresses two consolidated appeals arising from lawsuits brought by, or on behalf of, a subcontractor’s employees who were killed or injured in a pipeline explosion while working on a road construction project in May 1994. The lawsuits named as defendants the general contractor, Diamond Surface, Inc.; the pipeline owner, Western Gas Resources, Inc.; and the State of Wyoming. The State moved to dismiss the complaints against it, claiming governmental immunity. The State now appeals the district court’s determination that the Wyoming Underground Facilities…