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1987 Diamond Parking, INC., a Washington Corporation v. Mortimer : Brief of Respondent Utah 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