Kunz v. Utah Power & Light Co.

OPINION

Before KILKENNY, CHOY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges. CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Utah Power and Light Company (Utah Power), a Maine corporation, appeals •from a judgment by the district court holding it liable for negligence in permitting flood damage to the property of appellees, various Idaho landowners (Landowners). We affirm.

Background

Bear Lake lies on the border between Idaho and Utah. Bear River begins high in the Uinta Mountains of Utah, meanders back and forth between Utah and Wyoming, flows north some distance into Idaho, and finally turns south back into Utah, where it terminates in…