Mecham v. Frazier

PARRISH, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

T1 This case presents two certified questions from the Tenth Cireuit Court of Appeals: (1) Does the Utah Governmental Immunity Act ("UGIA") confer to state officers immunity from suit or immunity from liability? and (2) Does the UGIA require that a notice of claim against state officials in their individual capacity expressly aver "fraud" or "malice"? We conclude (1) that the UGIA confers immunity from suit to state officers and (2) that the UGIA does not require that a notice of claim against state officials in their individual capacity expressly aver "fraud" or…