Luna v. Luna
Court of Appeals of Utah
Judge Ryan M. Harris authored this Opinion, in which Judges Kate Appleby and Jill M. Pohlman concurred.
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Judge:
¶ 1 While giving her brother Luis Luna (Luna) a ride to work, Maria Luna (Sister) was involved in an automobile accident in which Luna was injured. Luna sued Sister for negligence, yet during depositions testified unequivocally that the traffic light was green in Sister's favor. Sister contends-and we agree-that this testimony constitutes a binding judicial admission that Luna cannot contest at trial, and we therefore conclude that the district court properly entered partial summary judgment against Luna on the issue of whether the light was green. While this fact alone does not…
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