Legal Opinion
Bott v. DeLand
Utah Supreme Court
Decided July 12, 1996No. 930387PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWE, Justice:
Plaintiff Roger Bott appeals from the district court’s judgment that the Utah Governmental Immunity Act, Utah Code Ann. § 63-30-34(l)(a) & (b), limits to $250,000 his recovery of personal injury damages against defendants Department of Corrections Executive Director Gary DeLand, Utah State Prison Medical Administrator Bien Freestone, and Dean Laney, a nurse practitioner at the prison. Defendants cross-appeal from judgments against Laney for negligence and against DeLand, Freestone, and Laney for their violation of article I, section 9 of the Utah Constitution.
Bott became an…
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