Blackner v. State, Departmant of Transportation

RUSSON, Justice:

T1 Paul Blackner ("Blackner") appeals from an order granting summary judgment to defendants the Town of Alta, Utah ("Alta"), and the Utah Department of Transportation ("UDOT"). We affirm.

BACKGROUND

T2 On March 14, 1998, an avalanche ("the first avalanche") thundered down on State Route 210, a two-lane road, in the White Pine Chutes area of Little Cottonwood Canyon near Alta. It buried part of the road, blocking the downhill lane of traffic. Soon thereafter, the avalanche was reported to Alta's Central Dispatch Office.

13 Kevin Payne ("Payne"), an Alta Deputy Marshal, was…