Lancaster v. Utah State Prison

Memorandum of Decision

By his complaint, plaintiff sought damages from the State of Utah and the individual prison officers for injuries he received in a fire at the Utah State Prison where plaintiff is lawfully incarcerated. Plaintiff also sued Savogran Company on a products liability theory but that defendant was never served with process. The district court dismissed the State of Utah, the Utah State Prison, and the individual defendants, all of whom are employees at the prison, and plaintiff has appealed from that order. We find no error.

*262Under the Utah Governmental Immunity Act, Utah Code…