Opinion ID: 2581880
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Heading: remaining constitutional challenges to damage cap provision

Text: ¶ 18 Plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of the damage cap statute under various sections of article I of the Utah Constitution: (1) the due process provision in section 7, (2) the uniform operation of laws provision in section 24, and (3) the right to a jury trial provision in section 10. We have addressed the constitutionality of section 63-30-34 under each of these provisions in previous cases and have repeatedly upheld the statute. See Lyon v. Burton, 2000 UT 19, ¶¶ 33-43, 5 P.3d 616 (holding damage cap provisions constitutional under article I, sections 11 and 24 in judgment arising from firefighting activities); Bott v. DeLand, 922 P.2d 732, 743 (Utah 1996) (noting that the damage cap provisions are constitutional under article I, sections 7, 10, 11, and 24 as applied to judgments for injuries resulting from performance of governmental functions), overruled in part on other grounds by Spackman v. Bd. of Educ. of Box Elder County Sch. Dist., 2000 UT 87, 16 P.3d 533; McCorvey v. Utah State Dep't of Transp., 868 P.2d 41, 48 (Utah 1993) (holding damage cap constitutional under article I, sections 7, 10, 11 and 24 for injuries arising from negligence in performing a governmental function). We eschew the invitation to revisit these decisions, and we uphold the constitutionality of the statute under these constitutional provisions.