Armenta v. Unified Fire
Armenta v. Unified Fire, 2025 UT 26 (Pearce, A.C.J.)
Civil Procedure
The Utah Supreme Court held:
- The district court erred in concluding that EMTs providing medical assistance in response to a 911 call qualified as “providing emergency medical assistance” under the Utah Governmental Immunity Act.
- Practice tip: Courts do not need to discern a textual ambiguity to employ the noscitur a sociis canon. Instead, as with other canons, it is a tool in the plain-language toolkit that can be used to interpret text without resort to non-textual sources.