ELLIS v. ESTATE OF ELLIS

No. 20060359.

169 P.3d 441 (2007)

2007 UT 77

Aimee L. ELLIS, Plaintiff, Appellant, and Cross-Appellee, v. The ESTATE OF Steven Wade ELLIS, Defendant, Appellee, and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly H. Macfarlane, Karra J. Porter, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Stephen G. Morgan, Paul C. Farr, Salt Lake City, for defendant.


DURRANT, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 Aimee Ellis sued her husband Steven Ellis's estate (the "Estate") for personal injuries she suffered in a car accident as a result of his negligence. We are presented with two issues on appeal: first, whether the district court erred in ruling that Mrs. Ellis's negligence claim against her husband's estate is barred by the common-law doctrine of interspousal immunity and, second, whether the district court erred in...

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