Ames v. Maas

OPINION

ORME, Judge.

Plaintiff, Clifford Ames, appeals from a jury’s verdict in favor of defendant, Shauna Maas, claiming the trial court committed prejudicial error by giving the jury an instruction on “unavoidable accident,” denying plaintiff’s motions with respect to liability, and awarding certain costs to defendant. We affirm.

FACTS

On the morning of Saturday, January 16, 1986, between 8:00 and 9:30 a.m., plaintiff and his wife left their Layton home to go skiing. On that morning, the streets in plaintiff’s neighborhood were quite slick. After having traveled only a few blocks in their…