Tiede v. State

HOWE, Justice:

Plaintiffs, who are relatives of decedents Beth Potts and Kaye Tiede, appeal from a dismissal of their action against the State defendants on the basis of governmental immunity. Defendants Von Taylor and Edward Deli are not parties to this appeal.

FACTS

In reviewing the trial court’s motion to dismiss, we accept the factual allegations in the complaint as true and recite them accordingly. Russell v. Standard Corp., 898 P.2d 263, 264 (Utah 1995). On December 14, 1990, Von Lester Taylor and Edward Steven Deli walked away from the Orange Street Community Center, a state-owned halfway…