ELKINGTON v. FOUST

No. 16298.

618 P.2d 37 (1980)

Lynn ELKINGTON as Guardian Ad Litem for C____, a minor, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Rex FOUST, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven F. Lowe of Follett & Lowe, Stephen W. Cook of Littlefield, Ritchey, Cook & Peterson, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Phil L. Hansen of Hansen & Hansen, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Defendant Rex Foust appeals from a jury verdict which found that he had engaged in a course of sexually assaulting and abusing his adopted daughter plaintiff C____ from the time she was nine years old until she left home at age sixteen, for which the jury assessed damages: general $10,000, specials $2,600, and punitive $30,000.

The record discloses only two issues raised by the defendant which give us any serious concern: (1) the matter...

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