Ingram v. Salt Lake City

Plaintiff Ronald L. Ingram appeals from a summary judgment in favor of Salt Lake City on grounds that the city was immune from suit under the Utah Governmental Immunity Act. We reverse for a trial on the merits.

Ingram was injured when he stepped on a manhole cover located on a parking strip between the sidewalk and the curb in the Sugarhouse area where the city had undertaken a beautification program. The cover gave way under Ingram’s weight, and he was trapped in the vault.

Salt Lake City had hired Okland Construction Company, which had performed the construction work in accordance with plans…