Utah Transit Authority v. Salt Lake City Southern Railroad

OPINION

BENCH, Presiding Judge:

¶ 1 Appellant Salt Lake City Southern Railroad Company, Inc. (Southern) appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment ordering Southern to indemnify Appellee Utah Transit Authority (UTA) for litigation expenses UTA incurred as a result of the Goebel litigation, 1 a prior personal injury case. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶2 Union Pacific Railroad Company (Union Pacific) previously owned tracks at a railroad crossing at 1700 South near 200 West, where Edward Goebel was injured. In 1992, Union Pacific sold the tracks to UTA, which planned to use them for light-rail…