Barrientos ex rel. Nelson v. Jones

Associate Chief Justice NEHRING,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

T1 Eighteen-month-old Wonzie Barrien-tos's mother, Jessica Nelson, was killed in a car accident, the tragic result of a high-speed chase in which an Ogden City police officer pursued a speeding car that ultimately crashed into Nelson's car. Plaintiff sued the police officer and Ogden City for negligence. Ogden City defended the case on the ground that it had governmental immunity and, if it did not, that it was not negligent. Ogden City won at trial1 and Plaintiff moved for a new trial, The trial court denied her motion and she…