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· 3/14/1996

De Baritault Ex Rel. De Baritault v. Salt Lake City Corp.

Citations

  • 913 P.2d 743
  • 286 Utah Adv. Rep. 10
  • 1996 Utah LEXIS 16
  • 1996 WL 116376

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that Act does not apply to city park in residential area within Salt Lake City limits
  • stating that the characteristic of “undeveloped” is another “prerequisite to immunity under the recreational use statutes”
  • holding urban park outside scope of Limitation of Landowner Liability Act
  • reasoning that “ ‘[w]hen a construction of an act will bring it into serious conflict with another act, our duty is to construe the acts to be in harmony and avoid conflicts’ ” (quoting Jerz v. Salt Lake County, 822 P.2d 770, 773 (Utah 1991))
  • “[W]ell-established principles of statutory construction require that a more specific statute governs instead of a more general statute.” (citation omitted)
  • municipality is not immune from liability for injuries sustained at city park

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Judges: Howe, Zimmerman, Stewart, Durham, Russon, Howe'S

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