Utah Class Action Law
<h2> <center> Jeffrey Christensen v. Courtney Jessica Christensen </h2> <center>
Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce action. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> After some twelve years of marriage, Jeffrey Christensen and Courtney Jessica Christensen divorced. They were able to agree on the terms of their separation, and these terms w... More...
$ (07-13-2026 - UT)Joseph Santarlas v. Bowtech, Inc., et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah, civil and commercial litigation lawyers represented the parties in an anti-trust case. <br> <br> Bowtech manufactures and sells compound bows for hunting and target archery.<br> <br> Bowtech is named as a defendant in a class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, which alleges the company and other archery industry manufacturers and retaile... More...
$0 (10-20-2025 - UT)Laura A. Gaddy, et al. v. The Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Salt Lake City, Utah personal Injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on RICO theory.<br> <br> Plaintiffs Laura Gaddy, Lyle D. Small, and Leanne R. Harris are each former members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They filed a putative class action lawsuit against the Church's religious corporation, <br> Defendant Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of La... More...
$0 (08-28-2025 - UT)Martha Ellis v. Salt Lake City Corporation, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah personal Injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> Martha Ellis joined the Salt Lake City Fire Department ("SLCFD†or the<br> "Departmentâ€) as a firefighter in 1994. Thereafter, she quickly moved up<br> the ranks. In 2004, she was promoted to Fire Captain and served as the<br> Fire Marshal for the Salt Lake City ... More...
$0 (08-18-2025 - UT)Antoine Johnson v. United States of America
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking the vacation of a sentenced pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255, which provides:<br> <br> (a) A prisoner in custody under sentence of a court established by Act of Congress claiming the right to be released upon the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States, or that the c... More...
$0 (07-10-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Llobani Federico Figueroa, aka “Pablo†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Drug Trafficking Ringleader Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Llobani Federico Figueroa, aka "Pablo,†33, of Magna, Utah, was sentenced to ... More...
$0 (05-23-2025 - UT)J.H., A.H. v. Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company
Salt Lake City, Utah employment law lawyers represented the parties in an employment welfare-benefit plan dispute.<br> <br> J.H. participated through her employer in an employee welfare-benefit plan (the Plan) fully insured by Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company.<br> <br> Her son, A.H., was a beneficiary.1 After Plaintiffs sought benefits for A.H.'s yearlong stay at a mental-health... More...
$0 (05-21-2025 - UT)Melynda Vincent v. Pamela J. Bondi
Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sought to invalidate 18 U.S.C. 922(g(1).<br> <br> Ms. Melynda Vincent sued the Attorney General, claiming that the<br> Second Amendment entitles her to possess firearms. We rejected this claim<br> and dismissed the action. Vincent v. Garland, 80 F.4th 1197, 1200–02 (10th<br> Cir. 2023). But the Supreme Court vacated our... More...
$0 (02-11-2025 - UT)Sara Ward v. Meredith McGarry
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a child support dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> This case involves a child support award in a paternity action. In an earlier appeal of this case between Sara Ward and Meredith McGarry, this court vacated the district court's child support award and remanded the matter to the district court for additional factual findings. See... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - UT)In the Matter of the Adoption of K.R.S., a person under 18 years of age
<h2><br> Manti, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a parental rights termination and adoption action.<br> </h2><br> <br> Father is the biological father of K.R.S. (Child), who was born in January 2019. For a time, Father cohabited with Child's mother, M.L. (Mother), but they never married; in October 2019, Mother married G.L. (Stepfather). Child has resided with Mother since birth,... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - UT)State of Utah v. Bryce Mason
<h2><br> Junction, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault.<br> </h2><br> During a confrontation at an outdoor party, Bryce Mason retrieved a gun from his vehicle. As a result of circumstances that were later disputed at trial, the gun was fired, hitting a nearby partygoer in the foot. A jury later convicted Mason of aggravated assault with serious bo... More...
$0 (11-21-2024 - UT)Jonathan O. Hafen v. Gretchen A. Howell
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah fruad claim lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking to recover money invested in a Ponzi scheme.<br> </h2><br> Lured by the promise of a secure and exclusive investment opportunity,<br> Les and Gretchen Howell made substantial investments in the Silver Pool, a<br> silver-trading scheme operated by Gaylen Rust through his business, Rust Rare<br> Coin. Though Gretchen ... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - UT)Megan Lunt v. Drew E. Lunt
Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented wife and husband in divorce involving minor children and child support.<br> <br> <br> Drew E. Lunt challenges alimony and child support awards entered in Megan Lunt's favor as part of their<br> divorce action. He argues that the trial court erred as a matter of law when it determined the parties' financial needs and gross incomes. He also challen... More...
$0 (10-18-2024 - UT)Jesse M. Smith v. The District Court of the Second Judicial District
<h2><br> Farmington, Utah personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> The plaintiff in this proceeding brought an action against the railroad company in the justice court of Davis county, wherein judgment was rendered in his favor. The defendant then appealed to the district court, and thereafter, said plaintiff not being prepared to proceed with the trial, the case was dismiss... More...
$0 (09-20-2024 - UT)Johanna Lorentzen v. Samuel Christiansen, D.O., et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a medical malpractice theory claiming $10 million in damages.<br> <br> Utah Code section 78B-3-412 mandates that the patient provides each health care provider with 90 days' notice of the intent to file a lawsuit before an injured patient is able to file a medical malpractice suit. This notice is required to include... More...
$1 (04-19-2024 - UT)Michael Valentine, et al. v. Auto-Owners Insurance
Salt Lake City, Utah insurance lawyer lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on bad faith breach of insurance contract theories.<br> <br> (1) No insurer or person representing an insurer may engage in any unfair claim settlement practice under Subsections (2), (3), and (4).<br> (2) Each of the following acts is an unfair claim settlement practice:<br> (a) knowingly misrepresenting material fa... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - UT)Kurt Schneider and Sylvia Schneider v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Compan
Salt Lake City, Utah insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on bad faith breach of insurance contract theories.<br> <br> 31A-26-303. Unfair claim settlement practices.<br> (1) No insurer or person representing an insurer may engage in any unfair claim settlement practice under Subsections (2), (3), and (4).<br> (2) Each of the following acts is an unfair claim settlement practic... More...
$0 (03-27-2024 - UT)Nichole Robinette, et al. v. Globus Medical </h2></center>
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a product liability law theory.<br> <br> Globus Medical is a leading medical device manufacturer with the goal of improving the quality of life for patients with musculoskeletal disorders. We are inspired by the needs of these patients and by the surgeons and healthcare providers who treat them.<br> <b... More...
$1 (01-30-2024 - UT)<h1> STATE OF UTAH v. ALAVINA FUNGAIHEA FLORREICH </h1>
From 1998 to 2009, Alavina Florreich was the nanny for <br> Alex and his siblings. Florreich is a Tongan immigrant, and Alex <br> and his siblings were the homeschooled children of a Jewish <br> rabbi. <br> ¶3 When Alex was eight years old, Florreich was watching a <br> movie with Alex and his younger siblings one day when Alex <br> began giving her a shoulder massage. While doing so, Alex <br> s... More...
$0 (01-24-2024 - UT)<h1> STATE OF UTAH v. DEREK RANDALL JONES </h1>
During the weekend of June 26 to 27, 2015, five-year-old <br> B.B. slept over at the home of Forbush, who is his uncle. About <br> three weeks later, B.B. was showering with his father (Father), as <br> was apparently their occasional practice, when B.B. asked why his <br> uncircumcised penis looked different from Father's circumcised <br> penis. Father replied that B.B. didn't need to worry becau... More...
$0 (01-24-2024 - UT)State of Utah v. David Hawkins
Salt Lake City, Utah defendant charged with sexually assaulting his sons ages 9 and 13.<br> <br> In November 2006, 45-year-old David Hawkins was charged with sexually assaulting two of his sons, ages 9 and 13, in Salt Lake County, Utah.<br> <br> Hawkins claimed the allegations were false and the result of pressure from his ex-wife to drive the boys away from their father but he did not testify.<br... More...
$0 (12-31-2007 - UT)Tara Jeanne Amboh v. Duchesne County, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> <br> In December 2020, Ms. Amboh was pulled over and arrested for traffic violations in Roosevelt City, Utah. Ms. Amboh was later convicted for interference with an arresting officer and operating a vehicle without insurance in the Eighth District Court of the Sta... More...
$0 (09-18-2023 - UT)Hal Jenkins, et al. v. Prime Insurance Co., et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah insurance law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on bad faith breach of an insurance contract theory.<br> <br> Plaintiffs Hal Jenkins, as assignee of certain claims of CLJ Healthcare, LLC ("CLJ"), and CLJ, as to certain non-assigned claims, (collectively "Plaintiffs") filed a complaint against Defendants in connection with their sale and administration of an ins... More...
$0 (07-31-2023 - UT)John Michael Howard, et al. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Salt Lake City, Utah insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of contract theory.<br> <br> "In Utah, bad faith breach of insurance contract law is a cause of action that can be brought by an insured against an insurance company. To succeed on a bad faith claim, the insured must prove that the insurance company:<br> <br> Had a duty to act in good fait... More...
$1 (08-09-2023 - UT)Minal Ashokkumar Patel, et al. v. Central Utah Clinic, et al
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on medical malpractice theories.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiffs Minal Patel and Dilipkumar Patel (collectively, "Plaintiffsâ€) bring this case on behalf of themselves and their seven-year-old child, I.P., who was born with hypoxia in Kane County, Utah. On July 30, 2019, Plaintiffs filed a complaint against De... More...
$1 (07-28-2023 - UT)Jamie Kilgore and B.E. v. Easternseals-Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory for damages sustained as a result of a data breach.<br> <br> <br> This case is a proposed class action pertaining to a data breach of Plaintiffs' work email accounts in 2021. Plaintiffs worked for a job skill training non-profit company, Defendant Easter-Seals-Goodwill, which had ... More...
$0 (07-18-2023 - UT)Ryan Darley Maughan v. Salt Lake County Jail
Salt Lake City, Utah Pro Se Plaintiff without a lawyer filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Salt Lake County Metro Jail<br> <br> <br> Complaint:<br> <br> (a) lumps together Defendants' allegedly unconstitutional behaviors, instead of separately affirmatively linking each individual defendant to each dated and specific individual allegation of a civil-rights violation. (See below.) <br> <br... More...
$0 (05-11-2023 - UT)Linda Suda v. V & K Investments
Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued defendant on an Americans With Disabilities Act - Civil Enforcement Action theory.<br> <br> The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including employment, education, transportation, and public accommodations.... More...
$0 (07-10-2023 - UT)Ricardo Ernesto Sanchez Mena v. Silvana Esther Gomez Paz
Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in an International Child Abduction Remedies Act action.<br> <br> <br> The International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA) is a United States federal law that implements the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Hague Convention is an international treaty that establishes procedures for the pro... More...
$0 (07-10-2023 - UT)Bernadette Bell v. Judge Memorial Cathloic High School, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming that they discriminated against him because of his age.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff Barry Bell filed this action against his former employer, Defendant Judge Memorial Catholic High School (JMCHS) and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salt Lake City dba Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City (Diocese), alleging Defen... More...
$0 (05-22-2023 - UT)Alyssa Aguila v. Planned Parenthood of Utah and Adriana Rodriguez Navarro
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer sued Defendants on negligence and breach of fiduciary theories claiming that Navarro-a medical assistant at Planned Parenthood-had publicized Aguila's private health information and that Planned Parenthood was vicariously liable for Navarro's actions. Aguila also made direct claims against Planned Parenthood for negligent hiring, training, and supervisio... More...
$0 (05-11-2023 - Ut)United States of America v. Nicholas Frank Sciotto and Kyle Blake Burbage
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers representing Defendants charged with health care fraud.<br> <br> Nicholas Frank Sciotto, 32, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Kyle Blake Burbage, 32, of Goose Creek, South Carolina, manufactured, sold, and distributed at least 120,000 counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination record cards across the country between March 2021 through September 2021. Sciotto, a form... More...
$0 (04-28-2023 - UT)Jeffrey Herbert v. Experian Information Solutions, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Salt_Lake_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, Utah"</a><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, Utah<br> <P><br> <a font=... More...
$0 (02-21-2023 - UT)Andrew Blank v. The Travelers Indemnity Company
Salt Lake City, Utah insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages as a direct result of Defendant's wrongful refusal to pay Plaintiffs' claim.<br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Salt_Lake_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal... More...
$1 (02-10-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Wayne Hsiung and Paul Darwin Picklesimer
Milford, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony burglary and misdemeanor theft.<br> <br> Wayne Hsiung and Paul Darwin Peikesimer, members of Direct Action Everywhere, were accused of two injured piglets from a Smithfield confined hog factory farm in March of 2017.<br> <br> Wayne Hsiung, co-founder of the animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere, released the follo... More...
$0 (10-18-2022 - UT)Cynthia Stella v. Davis County
Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a prisoner civil rights violation wrongful death theory.<br> <br> Cynthia Stella, individually and on behalf of The Estate of Heather Miller, deceased, sued Davis County Utah on a 1983 prisoner civil rights theory claiming that Heather Miller died as a direct result of deliberate indifference.<br> <br> <br> Ms. ... More...
$0 (07-26-2022 - UT)Markie Lloyd and Natalia Shaw v. Overstock.com, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on job discrimination theories under the Americans with Disabilities Act.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiffs Markie Lloyd and Natalia Shaw brought this action against their former employer, Overstock.com, Inc. ("Overstockâ€), alleging disability discrimination and retaliation under the Americans with Disabilities Amend... More...
$0 (07-18-2022 - UT)Frederick O. Silver g. Richard Fairbank CEO/President Capital One Financial Corporation
Salt Lake City, Utah pro se Plaintiff, attempted to represent himself without a lawyer, sued Defendants on Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theories.<br> <br> <br> This is an action involving a claim under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).[4]Plaintiff generally alleges that he had an account with Capital One but inaccurate reporting has negatively impacted his credit score.[5] Defendant Fai... More...
$0 (07-08-2022 - UT)Lee Stafford v. Sandy Paydirt, LLC
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a premises liability theory claiming to have been injured as a result of a dangerous condition on Defendant's property.<br> <br> <br> ¶1 When Lee Stafford encountered a puddle on a hotel elevator's tile floor, he slipped, caught himself, and later sought compensation for a back injury that he believed resulte... More...
$0 (06-24-2022 - UT)Exotic Smoke & Vape v. Spencer J. Cox
Salt Lake City, Utah civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued the State of Utah on a regulatory taking theory.<br> <br> <br> In March 2021, Utah enacted Senate Bill 189, the "Tobacco Retailer Amendments.†As relevant here, Senate Bill 189 amended Utah Code §§ 10-8-041.6 and 17-50-33 to prohibit the operation of a "Retail tobacco specialty business†within "1,000 fe... More...
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