DiVenere v. University of Wyoming

URBIGKIT, Chief Justice.

Appellants, Vince and Margo DiVenere, sought damages pursuant to the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act (GCA), W.S. 1-39-101 through 1-39-120, alleging that Mrs. DiVenere was injured when she slipped and fell on an icy patch on the concourse leading to the upper deck of the University of Wyoming’s football stadium. 1 The district court granted summary judgment for appellee, the University of Wyoming, deciding that Wyoming’s close-ended tort claims act made no exception to immunity for ramps or concourses.

We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The DiVeneres assert…