Johnson Ex Rel. Johnson v. Salt Lake City Corp.

629 P.2d 432 (1981)

Bette JOHNSON, as guardian ad litem for the minor child, Ja Nae Johnson, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

SALT LAKE CITY CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

No. 16415.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 1, 1981.

John Walsh, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.

Roger F. Cutler, Greg R. Hawkins, Salt Lake City, for defendant and respondent.

OAKS, Justice:

This case represents the vital first application of the new governmental immunity standard this Court adopted in Standiford v. Salt Lake City Corp., Utah, 605 P.2d 1230 (1980), which overruled such immunity to permit an action for…