James Kirby says the jury’s award against him is too much. True, he helped start and served as a director of StorageCraft, a computer software company. True, after a falling out with his colleagues he stole the computer source code on which the company’s products depend. True, he shared the source code with NetJapan, a rival company that quickly produced a competing software product much like ... More...    $0 (03-11-2014 - UT)

We can’t say exactly when the trouble started for Larry and Patricia Sumrall, but it had to be by the time they hired Dale K. Barker, Jr. and his accounting firm. The Sumralls needed professional help with past-due tax returns and other amounts they owed the IRS, and they turned to Mr. Barker. At the end of the day, though, the Sumralls found themselves having to pay the IRS over $222,000 in tax... More...    $0 (09-17-2013 - UT)

The jury found Ensil International Corporation (Ensil) (1) breached a contract with BC Technical, Inc. (BC) by failing to repair damaged circuit boards and (2) converted BC’s property by unreasonably refusing to return the circuit boards BC had sent for repair. Before the jury retired for deliberations, Ensil moved for judgment as a matter of law. Following the trial, Ensil again moved for judgm... More...    $0 (02-07-2012 - UT)

Plaintiffs-Appellants LifeWise Master Funding, LLC and LifeWise Family Financial Security, Inc. (collectively "LifeWise") appeal the district court's grant of judgment as a matter of law and summary judgment against them in their breach of contract claim against Defendant-Appellee E*TRADE Bank ("E*TRADE"). The district court held that (1) LifeWise failed to satisfy a condition precedent to E*T... More...    $0 (06-29-2004 - UT)

Ignacio Solorio died after being hit by a van driven by Susan L. Michel, an employee of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (an agency within the United States Department of Interior). The decedent's estate and heirs filed this wrongful-death suit against the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b)(1), 2671-80 (FTCA). The district court granted summary judgment in fav... More...    $0 (01-16-2004 - UT)

1 Plaintiffs Leslie Alder, aka Leslie Roberts, and Jackie Jones (Technicians), former radiography technicians at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, brought this action against defendant Bayer Corporation's AGFA division, alleging illness from chemical exposure caused by AGFA's negligent installation and servicing of its x-ray processing machine. The trial court excluded Technicians' expert test... More...    $0 (12-02-2002 - UT)