MOSS v. PETE SUAZO UTAH ATHLETIC COM'N

No. 20060438.

175 P.3d 1042 (2007)

2007 UT 99

Celeste MOSS, an heir of Bradley A. Rone, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PETE SUAZO UTAH ATHLETIC COMMISSION, Utah Department of Commerce, and State of Utah, et al., Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Sykes, Ryan B. Evershed, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Mark L. Shurtleff, Att'y Gen., Debra J. Moore, Barry G. Lawrence, Sandra L. Steinvoort, Asst. Att'ys Gen., Salt Lake City, for defendants.


PARRISH, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 Bradley Rone died during a boxing match. His sister and heir, Celeste Moss, seeks to recover damages from the Pete Suazo Utah Athletic Commission (the "Athletic Commission") for allowing Rone to fight. The question before us is whether the Athletic Commission is immune from such a suit under the Utah Governmental Immunity Act (the "Act"), Utah Code Ann.. §§ 63-30-1 to 38 (1997) (repealed and replaced by the...

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