Legal Opinion
NELSON BY AND THROUGH STUCKMAN v. Salt Lake City
Utah Supreme Court
Decided July 5, 1996No. 940543PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Associate Chief Justice:
Joseph Nelson appeals from orders of the trial court disallowing his claims for personal injury against Salt Lake City and the State of Utah. We reverse the trial court’s ruling and remand for trial.
I. BACKGROUND
On May 16, 1990, Cynthia Stuckman took her four-year-old son Joseph Nelson to watch his brother participate in a free-admission baseball game at a Riverside Park baseball field. Allegedly believing that a secure fence separated the nearby playground from the Jordan River, Nelson’s mother allowed him to play there as she watched the baseball game. A…
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