Pearce v. Wistisen

HOWE, Justice:

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered on a verdict of “no cause of action” in a wrongful death action which he brought against the defendants on behalf of the heirs of his son, Evan Pearce, deceased, pursuant to U.C.A., 1953, § 78-11-7.

On the morning of June 1, 1979, Evan Pearce, age 18, and Kevin Wistisen, age 17, returned to their homes in Provo from a high school graduation party in a nearby canyon. On their way home they made plans to go water skiing on Utah Lake later that afternoon. Kevin’s father, one of the defendants herein, was a 50 percent owner of a 16y2-foot…