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1987 Diamond Parking, INC., a Corporation v. Mortimer : Brief of Respondent Court of Appeals

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Original Brief Submitted to the Utah Court of Appeals; digitized by the Howard W. Hunter Law Library, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; machine-generated OCR, may contain errors. George H. Mortimer; Pro Se. John Smistad; Pro Se; D. Randall Trueblood; Watkiss and Campbell; Attorney for Respondent.

Recommended Citation Brief of Respondent, Diamond Parking v. Mortimer, No. 870295 (Utah Court of Appeals, 1987). https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/byu_ca1/519

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DIAMOND PARKING, INC., a Washington Corporation, Appellate Court No. 870295-CA Plaintiff/Respondent,

vs.

GEORGE H. MORTIMER, Small Claims Case No. 874010693SC Defendant/Appellant.

BRIEF OF RESPONDENT DIAMOND PARKING, INC.

Small Claim Judgment from the Fifth Circuit Court, Salt Lake City Department Honorable Donald Sawaya, Esq. Judge Pro Tern

George H. Mortimer John Smistad 3687 N. Little Rock Dr, Diamond Parking City Manager Provo, Utah 84604 Pro Se at Trial (801) 224-5647 Pro Se D. Randall Trueblood WATKISS & CAMPBELL 310 South Main Street, Suite 1200 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-2171 Telephone: (801) 36 3-3300

Attorney for Plaintiff-Respondent Diamond Parking, Inc. on appeal

Argument Priority 14b FILED SEP 2 91387

Jf&* «* the CaiHt TABLE NTENTS

NATURE OF CALiE . . ,

STATEMENT OF ISSUES,

STATEMENT

POINT I. DEFENDANT MORTIMER WAS NEGLIGENT IN BACKING HIS VEHICLE INTO AND DAMAGING A STATIONARY PARKING TICKET DISPENSER AND DIAMOND'S PARKING ATTENDANT WAS NOT CONTRIBUTOR Tr '-r ^FGI..IGENrn . . . . POINT II. THE TRIAL COURT PROPERLY AWARDED DIAMOND A JUDGMENT FOR DAMAGES FOR THE REASONABLE COST TO REP ATP THF DAMAGED ^IC**?!" DISPENSER,

iiiLRL xo oUFFI'UIEN. ADMISSIBLE C MPETENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE LOWER COURT'S FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS ^F ' ,AW WERE PROPERTY ^Apr:

POINT IV. DIAMOND SHOULD BE AWARDED REAS . ,^ ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS ON T 3OUNDS THAT THIS APPEAL IS FRIVOLOUS.

CONCLUSION I CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

ADDEND! If I TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

STATUTES

Page Utah Code Ann. § 41-6-106 Repl. Vol. 5A (1981) 5 Utah Code Ann. § 78-6-15 Repl. Vol. 9 (1987) 8

RULES OF THE COURT

Rule 11, Utah Rules of Civil Procedure 9 Rule 33, Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure 9 Rule 408, Utah Rules of Evidence 8

CASES

Acculog, Inc. v. Peterson, 692 P.2d 728 (1984) 7 Anderson v. Parson Red-E-Mix Paving Co., 24 Utah 2d 128, 467 P.2d 45 (1970) 6 Dixon v. Stewart, 658 P.2d 591 (Utah 1982) 7 Hughes v. Hooper, 19 Utah 2d 389, 431 P.2d 983 ( 1967) . . 6 Malan v. Lewis, 693 P.2d 661 (Utah 1984) 5 Power v. Taylor, 14 Utah 2d 152, 379 P.2d 380 (1963) ... 8 Wardell v. Jerman, 18 Utah 2d 359, 423 P.2d 485 (1967) . . 6

AUTHORITIES

Annotation, "Automobiles - Backing - Private Premises", 63 A.L.R. 2d 184, 193 § 4 6 Annotation, "Duty and Liability of Vehicle Drivers within Parking Lot", 62 A.L.R. 2d 288, 291 § 3, "Collision with Parked Vehicle or Other Stationary Object" 6 7 Am.Jur. 2d § 414, "Automobiles and Highway Traffic". . . 5 22