Connor v. Union Pacific Railroad

RUSSON, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

Harry Duncan Connor appeals from a district court’s grant of Union Pacific Railroad Company’s motion for summary judgment. We reverse.

BACKGROUND

The following facts are undisputed for purposes of this appeal. On November 2, 1993, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Connor sustained catastrophic injury (traumatic amputation) to both arms when he was struck by a moving railcar in Union Pacific’s railyard facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. Connor — a 45-year-old, self-described transient from Chicago, Illinois — entered the railyard in the vicinity of 400 North Street and…