Legal Opinion
Lyon v. Burton
Utah Supreme Court
Decided January 19, 2000No. 950515, 950516PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Justice:
I. FACTS
138 This case arose from the collision of an automobile driven by Chief Glen H. Burton of the Weber Fire District ("District") and an automobile in which Matthew J. Lyon and Christopher M. Walker were riding. Lyon and Walker, both minors, were severely injured and through their fathers, sued Chief Burton and the Weber Fire District. A jury found that defendants Burton and the District were 100 percent at fault in causing the accident and awarded Matthew Lyon $700,000 in general damages and $9,537.79 in special damages, and Christopher Walker $900,000 in general…
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