Legal Opinion
Day v. State Ex Rel. Utah Department of Public Safety
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided September 2, 1994No. 930135-CAPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREENWOOD, Judge:
Mary Day appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment against her, arguing that Utah Code Ann. § 63-30-7(2) (Supp.1990) (repealed April 29, 1991) unconstitutionally deprives her of just compensation for her injuries and the death of her husband as a result of a high-speed police chase. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
On March 18, 1991, at approximately 5:45 p.m., Trooper Ken Colyar of the Utah Highway Patrol had positioned himself on 1-15 near Santaquin, Utah to monitor traffic. Trooper Colyar clocked, with a radar gun, a northbound black 1982 Buick at seventy-five miles…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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- Melvin Carter v. John R. CarlsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Berry by and Through Berry v. Beech AircraftUtah Supreme Court · 1985
- Higgins v. Salt Lake CountyUtah Supreme Court · 1993
- Malan v. LewisUtah Supreme Court · 1984
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Day v. State Ex Rel. Utah Department of Public SafetyUtah Supreme Court · 1999
- Robinson v. City of DetroitMichigan Court of Appeals · 1997
- J.B. v. Washington CountyDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1995
- McNair v. FarrisCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1997
- Skokos v. CorradiniCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1995
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