Sharp v. Williams

HOWE, Justice:

Plaintiff Marie Sharp, a mail carrier, was injured in a confrontation with the dog of defendant Noel Williams. Sharp appeals from a judgment of no cause of action entered on a jury verdict.

FACTS

We recite the facts in a light favorable to the jury verdict. Comm, v. Wilcox, 898 P.2d 1379,1382 (Utah 1995). Prior to the incident giving rise to this case, Sharp had been employed for four years as a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. On October 3,1992, she was making her usual rounds in the Sugarhouse area of Salt Lake City. Williams was sitting in a chair on his front porch…