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RIGGS v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC

No. 20130459.

345 P.3d 1219 (2015)

2015 UT 17

Micah RIGGS and Amanda Riggs, Appellees, v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC and Union Carbide Corporation, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 30, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert L. Purcell , Alan R. Brayton , Brian Holmberg , A. Jase Allen , Salt Lake City, for appellees.

Karra J. Porter , Sarah E. Spencer , Katherine E. Venti , Salt Lake City, for appellant Georgia-Pacific, LLC.

Patricia W. Christensen , Salt Lake City, Mary Price Birk , Ronald L. Hellbusch , Denver, CO, for appellant Union Carbide Corporation.

Associate Chief Justice NEHRING authored the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice DURRANT, Justice DURHAM, Justice PARRISH, and Justice LEE joined.

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 In this case we are asked to determine whether a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff in a personal injury suit bars a subsequent wrongful death claim arising out of the same injury and against the same defendants. This question is a matter of first impression...

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