Estate of Coleman v. Casper Concrete Co.
1997 WY 64
939 P.2d 233
Case Number: 96-30
Decided: 05/19/1997
Supreme Court of Wyoming
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Cite as: 1997 WY 64, 939 P.2d 233
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The ESTATE OF KEITH D. COLEMAN, Deceased,
By and Through its Personal Representative, Janice Coleman,
Appellant(Plaintiff),
v.
CASPER CONCRETE COMPANY, a Wyoming Corporation;
and Skorcz Electric, Inc., a Wyoming Corporation,
Appellees(Defendants).
Appeal from the District Court, Natrona County,
The Honorable Dan Spangler, Judge
Representing Appellant:
Dallas J. Laird, Casper; and Richard R. Jamieson, Casper.
Representing Appellee:
Richard R. Wilking, Casper; and Earl J. Hanson of Hanson, Roybal, Lee & Todd, P.C., Billings, for Appellee Casper Concrete Company.
Rebecca A. Lewis of Lewis & Associates, P.C., Laramie, for Appellee Skorcz Electric, Inc.
Before TAYLOR, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, GOLDEN,* and LEHMAN, JJ.
* Chief Justice at time of oral argument.
TAYLOR, Chief Justice.
[¶1] In 1989, the State of Wyoming contracted with appellees to build a highway intersection and install traffic lights. In June of 1993, during a malfunction of those lights, a young man was killed in a collision with a drunk driver at the intersection. Although the State successfully sought shelter in immunity and the drunk driver eventually settled with the decedent's estate, suit survived against appellees on disparate theories of negligence, strict liability and res ipsa loquitur. From an adverse summary judgment, the decedent's estate prosecutes this appeal. We affirm.
I. ISSUES
[¶2] The decedent's mother, Janice Coleman, as personal representative of her son's estate (appellant), states the following issues:
I. Whether the district court properly granted summary judgmen
