SCHAER v. STATE BY & THROUGH UTAH DEPT.

Nos. 18009, 18081.

657 P.2d 1337 (1983)

Harold G. SCHAER, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. The STATE of Utah, By and Through the UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City Corporation, Utah Power & Light Company and Lincoln T. Hanson, Defendants and Appellants. Harold G. SCHAER, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. The STATE of Utah, By and Through the UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City Corporation, Utah Power & Light Company and Lincoln T. Hanson, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Wilkinson, Stephen J. Sorenson, Ted L. Cannon, Kevan F. Smith, Roger F. Cutler, Judy Lever and Rosemary Richardson, Salt Lake City, for defendants and appellants.

Calvin L. Rampton and Lawrence J. Jensen, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


DURHAM, Justice:

This case arose because the plaintiff Harold G. Schaer and Salt Lake City Corporation (hereinafter "Salt Lake City") failed to reach an agreement regarding the purchase of the plaintiff's property for expansion of a proposed park. The dispute focuses on whether the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel preclude the plaintiff from maintaining his present cause of action. The plaintiff instituted the present suit claiming that a certain...

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