Stahl v. Utah Transit Authority

STEWART, Justice:

On September 9,1976, in Salt Lake City a bus owned by the Utah Transit Authority (“UTA”) and driven by a UTA employee collided with the rear end of an automobile which in turn collided head-on with an automobile driven by the plaintiff. The plaintiff was taken to the Valley West Hospital for examination. Upon returning to work that same day plaintiff was contacted by Thomas Vance, an insurance adjuster for Brown Brothers Insurance, which represents UTA’s insurer, Transit Casualty. He obtained a statement from her concerning the accident and wrote a two-page report based on…