Utah Supreme Court· 4/6/1992

Duncan v. Union Pacific Railroad

Citations

842 P.2d 832
184 Utah Adv. Rep. 19
1992 Utah LEXIS 32
1992 WL 70535

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recognizing that a crossing may be deemed more than ordinarily hazardous “if, for any reason, devices employed at the crossing were rendered inadequate to warn the public of the danger”
applying discretionary function analysis under section 63-30-10 in case brought under section 63-30-8
“a crossing might be found to be more than ordinarily hazardous if it was in a thickly populated portion of a city”
\a crossing might be found to be more than ordinarily hazardous if it was in a thickly populated portion of a city\
3-2 decision holding that railroad company is not responsible for installing additional warning devices, where legislature authorized state to upgrade hazardous crossings with public funds
applying successors to subsection (1)(a) to department of transportation

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Judges: Howe, Hall, Zimmerman, Durham, Stewart

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