Sulik v. Central Valley Farms, Inc.

BAKES, Justice.

This appeal arises out of a negligence action brought by plaintiff-respondent Hans R. Sulik, hereinafter Sulik, against defendant-appellant Utah Power & Light Company, hereinafter Utah Power, and Central Valley Farms, Inc., hereinafter Central Valley. Following a jury verdict of $35,000 in favor of Sulik against Utah Power, and the trial court’s denial of Utah Power’s motion for new trial or, in the alternative, a remittitur, Utah Power brought this appeal. Sulik’s claim against Central Valley was settled prior to trial.

In March, 1970, Douglas Campbell, an employee of Utah…