True v. Utah Department of Transportation

POHLMAN, Judge:

¶ 1 Appellants Thomas K. True and Melissa L. True appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), dismissing on the basis of governmental immunity their claim that injuries they sustained in a traffic accident resulted from UDOT's negligence. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

The Accident

¶ 2 In June 2009, a construction project was underway in Ogden, Utah, to install a water main line under a certain intersection. Because the project involved "digging or excavating" on a state highway, the project's general contractor had been…