Berrett v. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad

*292OPINION

BENCH, Presiding Judge:

Plaintiffs brought suit against defendant for damages suffered as a result of a landslide in Utah County. Defendant prevailed at trial. Plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s decision to preclude one of their expert witnesses from testifying. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

BACKGROUND

On April 13, 1983, a massive landslide began to move down the hillside in Spanish Fork Canyon, just downriver of the small town of Thistle. The slide progressed into the canyon and blocked the Spanish Fork River. A small lake formed that inundated and destroyed Thistle. The lake…