Sulzen v. Williams

OPINION

ORME, Judge:

¶ 1 Plaintiffs Robert and Kathleen Sulzen, individually and on behalf of their grandson, Brandon Holton, over whom the Sulzens have legal guardianship, appeal the trial court’s refusal to permit them to amend their complaint and dismissal of their wrongful death action. 1 We reverse.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 On July 25,1994, Elizabeth Holton and her son, Brandon, accompanied Elizabeth’s parents, the Sulzens, to the Hanging Rock Picnic area in American Fork Canyon. Also picnicking at Hanging Rock were Seth Jep-son and Shaun Carstensen, who were both thirteen. Jepson and Carstensen…