Sevy v. Security Title Co. of Southern Utah

On Certiorari to the Utah Court of Appeals

HOWE, Justice:

We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals’ decision that the statute of limitations bars plaintiffs Harold and Winona Sevy’s negligence action against defendant Security Title Company of Southern Utah. The decision reversed the trial court’s judgment awarding the Sevys damages against Security Title for negligently failing to protect their security interest in water shares. Sevy v. Security Title Co., 857 P.2d 958, 963 (Utah Ct.App.1993).

In 1981, the Sevys sold Kyle and Cindy Stewart approximately thirteen acres of farmland in…