Johnson Ex Rel. Johnson v. Salt Lake City Corp.

OAKS, Justice:

This case represents the vital first application of the new governmental immunity standard this Court adopted in Standiford v. Salt Lake City Corp., Utah, 605 P.2d 1230 (1980), which overruled such immunity to permit an action for injuries sustained on a municipal golf course.

Defendant owns and operates the Mountain Dell Golf Course. This recreational facility operates as a golf course most of the year, but it is open to the public for skiing, tubing, and sledding in the winter months. On January 21, 1978, Ja Nae Johnson, age 8, went there with her parents for sledding. She was…