DUNN v. KELLY

No. 18762.

675 P.2d 571 (1983)

Nelson and Virginia DUNN, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Jessie KELLY, American Legion Post No. 66, The Directors and Managers of American Legion Post No. 66, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin V. Gravis, Merlin G. Calver, Ogden, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Robert A. Echard, Ogden, Clifford C. Ross, Salt Lake City, for defendants and respondents.


DURHAM, Justice:

The appellants' complaint for damages for wrongful death was dismissed by the district court on the ground that it was barred by the applicable statute of limitations. The appellants are the parents of Nelson Dunn, Jr., who died in April of 1979 after being shot by the respondent Kelly on the premises of the respondent American Legion Post No. 66.

A timely suit for wrongful death was filed by a guardian ad litem on behalf of Brandunn Lavall...

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