Branam v. Provo School District

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Plaintiff Diane Branam appeals from a summary judgment that dismissed her negligence action against the Provo School District. Branam had filed suit after the Provost Elementary School, one of the schools within the Provo School District (“the district”), removed percolating ground water from its basement in such a way as to cause the flooding of the basement of Branam’s home. The district court granted the district’s motion for summary judgment, holding that the suit was barred by governmental immunity. See Utah Code Ann. § 63-30-3 (1986). Branam challenges this ruling. We…