Turner v. Staker & Parson Companies

Justice DURHAM,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

1 1 In July 2006, appellee Staker & Parson Companies (Staker) worked as a contractor for UDOT on an I-15 construction project near Spanish Fork, Utah. Appellant Kent Turner sustained serious injuries in a car accident near the work site. He filed suit for negligence against Staker in July 2010-nearly four years after the accident. The district court granted Staker's motion to dismiss, holding that Turner's suit was time-barred under Utah Code section 78B-2-225(8)(b)'s two-year statute of limitations. On appeal, Turner argues that his claim…