McCorvey v. Utah State Department of Transportation

HALL, Chief Justice:

This is a consolidated appeal from a jury verdict entered in favor of plaintiff Daniel B. McCorvey in a personal injury action brought against the Utah Department of Transportation (“UDOT”) and LeGrand Johnson Construction Company (“Le-Grand”).1 We affirm.

I. FACTS

“Where evidence is in conflict in a jury trial, we assume that the jury believed those facts that support its verdict, and we view the facts and the reasonable inferences that arise from those facts in a light most supportive of the jury’s verdict.”2 We recite the facts accordingly.

On August 7, 1986, McCorvey was…