From 1998 to 2009, Alavina Florreich was the nanny for
Alex and his siblings. Florreich is a Tongan immigrant, and Alex
and his siblings were the homeschooled children of a Jewish
rabbi.
¶3 When Alex was eight years old, Florreich was watching a
movie with Alex and his younger siblings one day when Alex
began giving her a shoulder massage. While doing so, Alex
s... More...    $0 (01-24-2024 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued defendant on an Americans With Disabilities Act - Civil Enforcement Action theory.

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)

Salt Lake City, Utah civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming that they discriminated against him because of his age.


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)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and securities fraud.

Gaylen Dean Rust, age 62, of Layton, admitted that he was the owner and operator of Rust Rare Coin, Inc. (RRC) in Utah, from 2002 until 2018, and that he had previously worked as the manager of the business. Rust admi... More...    $0 (03-10-2022 - UT)

Salt Lake City employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, Jenifer Petersen, who sued Marketstar QOZ Business, L.L.C. on civil rights and job discrimination (sex) theories under 42 U.S.C. 2000 claiming to have suffered more than $500,000 in damages and/or injuries as a result of how she was treated.

§2000e–16. Employment by Federal Government
(a) Discriminatory practices prohibit... More...    $1 (03-10-2021 - UT)

This appeal concerns an assigned claim on a liability-insurance policy. Belsen
Getty, LLC, a registered investment adviser owned by Terry Deru, obtained a claimsmade
financial-services-liability policy (the Policy) from XL Specialty Insurance
Company covering Belsen Getty and its advisers for the period from October 9, 2010, to
October 9, 2011. Under the policy, XL had no duty to d... More...    $0 (09-11-2018 - UT)

¶1 This case comes to us on certification from the United States District Court for the District of Utah. UTAH R. APP. P. 41. The certified questions are as follows:
1. Is the Free Speech Clause of the Utah Constitution self-executing? 2. If question 1 is answered in the affirmative, what are the elements of a claim brought under the clause? 3. Does an employee who receives notice that his or ... More...    $0 (02-05-2018 - UT)

The State tried Mr. Martin on four counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony, for sexually abusing his sisters-in-law A.L. and N.L. while occupying “a position of special trust in relation to” them. UTAH CODE § 76-5-404.1(4)(h). ¶ 7 At trial, A.L. testified that Mr. Martin had touched her vagina on four different occasions while he was supervising her; N.L. testified tha... More...    $0 (11-26-2017 - UT)

¶1 Monica Cecilia Cook challenges the Department of Commerce’s decision to revoke her Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license, revoke her license to prescribe and administer controlled substances, and fine her $5,000 for unprofessional conduct. We approve the decision as to the unprofessional-conduct determination and the fine, but we set aside the Department’s revocation of her lic... More...    $0 (03-19-2015 - UT)

¶1 David Ragsdale shot and killed his wife Kristy in January, 2008. He did so while under the influence of medications pre-scribed to him by Nurse Practitioner Trina West. The Ragsdales’ children, left effectively parentless after David went to prison on a guilty plea to the charge of aggravated murder, filed suit in tort through their conservator, William Jeffs.
JEFFS v. RODIER
Opinion... More...    $0 (01-09-2015 - UT)

¶1 Defendant Joshua Paul Chapman appeals his conviction for
securities fraud, a second degree felony. We affirm.
1. The Honorable Pamela T. Greenwood, Senior Judge, sat by
special assignment as authorized by law. See generally Utah R. Jud.
Admin. 11-201(6).
State v. Chapman
BACKGROUND
¶2 In 2005, Sterling Madsen, who had known Chapman and his
family for many years... More...    $0 (10-23-2014 - UT)

¶1 Juana Mercado seeks judicial review of the Utah Labor
Commission’s denial of permanent total disability benefits relating
to her 2011 industrial accident. We uphold the Commission’s
decision.
Mercado v. Labor Commission
¶2 Mercado, who according to her brief is illiterate and speaks
only Spanish, was born in Peru in 1938.1 In Peru, Mercado worked
as a fruit ven... More...    $0 (11-14-2014 - UT)

¶1 Nearly twenty-six years ago, a jury convicted Ralph Leroy Menzies of the first degree murder of Maurine Hunsaker. At sentencing, Judge Raymond Uno imposed the death penalty. Since then, we have issued three opinions in Mr. Menzies‘s case:
MENZIES v. STATE
Opinion of the Court
2
two from direct appeals1 and one from a post-conviction appeal.2 In Mr. Menzies‘s first post-conv... More...    $0 (09-23-2010 - UT)

¶1 Plaintiffs Mark and Irene White challenge the district court’s
judgment in favor of Defendants.1 The district court granted in part
White v. Jeppson
1. (...continued)
mean Jeppson and Williams individually, unless the context
requires otherwise.
2. Defendants captioned this motion as one for judgment on the
pleadings and for summary judgment, and the district cour... More...    $0 (04-24-2014 - UT)

¶1 Defendant Casey Phillip Perkins appeals from the amended
sentence entered after he pleaded guilty to two counts of child
abuse. Perkins advances multiple theories to challenge the entry of
an amended judgment sometime after the original sentence was
entered on the day of the sentencing hearing. We affirm.
State v. Perkins
20111103-CA 2 2014 UT App 60
BACKGROUND
... More...    $0 (03-20-2014 - UT)

¶1 Defendant Dennis Lingmann was arrested in 2008 for multiple sex offenses involving a minor. While awaiting trial in the Salt Lake County Jail, he offered his cellmate (Cellmate) $2,000 to kill the minor and her family. Cellmate contacted
1. The Honorable Russell W. Bench, Senior Judge, sat by special assignment as authorized by law. See generally Utah Code Jud. Admin. R. 11-201(6).
Sta... More...    $0 (02-21-2014 - UT)

¶1 Colter Thomas Allen (Husband) and Lacee C. Allen (Wife) were married on June 13, 2009, and are the parents of a young daughter (Daughter). Husband filed for divorce in 2010, and after a bench trial, the trial court awarded Husband physical custody of Daughter, refused Wife’s request for alimony and attorney fees, and awarded both the marital home and the marital debt to Husband. Wife appeals... More...    $0 (01-30-2014 - UT)

¶1 Michael W. Thompson appeals from his conviction on two
counts of forcible sodomy, both first degree felonies. See Utah Code
Ann. § 76�5�403(1) to �403(3) (LexisNexis 2003) (current version at
Utah Code Ann. § 76�5�403 (LexisNexis Supp. 2013)). Among other
things, he claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel.
Specifically, Thompson asserts that tr... More...    $0 (01-16-2014 - UT)

¶1 M.R. (Mother) appeals the order terminating her parental
rights to A.C. We affirm.
In re A.C.
20140194-CA 2 2014 UT App 157
¶2 “[I]n order to overturn the juvenile court’s decision, the
result must be against the clear weight of the evidence or leave the
appellate court with a firm and definite conviction that a mistake
has been made.â€� In re B.R., 2007 UT 82,... More...    $0 (07-03-2014 - UT)

¶ 1 On certiorari, we consider whether our court of appeals erred when it held that an action to enforce the ongoing right to collect a portion of pension retirement benefits was not barred by the statute of limitations. We also consider whether the court of appeals erred when it determined that the petitioner‘s argument concerning laches was inadequately briefed according to the standards set ... More...    $0 (06-20-2014 - UT)

Mr. Eric Kamahele, Mr. Daniel Maumau, Mr. Kepa Maumau,1 Mr. Sitamipa Toki, and Mr. Mataika Tuai appeal their convictions arising from armed robberies and shootings in connection with the Tongan Crips Gang (“TCGâ€�) in Glendale, Utah. In a jury trial, Mr. Kamahele, Mr. Kepa Maumau, and Mr. Tuai were found guilty of conspiring to commit a racketeering offense under the Racketeer Influenced and Cor... More...    $0 (04-08-2014 - UT)

¶1 Defendant Dennis Lingmann was arrested in 2008 for multiple sex offenses involving a minor. While awaiting trial in the Salt Lake County Jail, he offered his cellmate (Cellmate) $2,000 to kill the minor and her family. Cellmate contacted

1. The Honorable Russell W. Bench, Senior Judge, sat by special assignment as authorized by law. See generally Utah Code Jud. Admin. R. 11-201(6).
<... More...    $0 (02-21-2014 - UT)

¶1 Colter Thomas Allen (Husband) and Lacee C. Allen (Wife) were married on June 13, 2009, and are the parents of a young daughter (Daughter). Husband filed for divorce in 2010, and after a bench trial, the trial court awarded Husband physical custody of Daughter, refused Wife’s request for alimony and attorney fees, and awarded both the marital home and the marital debt to Husband. Wife appeals... More...    $0 (01-20-2014 - UT)

¶1 Michael W. Thompson appeals from his conviction on two counts of forcible sodomy, both first degree felonies. See Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-403(1) to -403(3) (LexisNexis 2003) (current version at Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-403 (LexisNexis Supp. 2013)). Among other things, he claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel.

Specifically, Thompson asserts that trial counsel failed to i... More...    $0 (01-16-2014 - UT)

¶ 1 The Federal District Court for the District of Utah has certified the following question to this court: Does section 78B-3-425 of the Utah Code clarify existing law and therefore retroactively apply to bar negligent credentialing claims that arose prior to its enactment?

WADDOUPS v. NOORDA

Opinion of the Court

2

Utah Code section 78B-3-425 reads: Prohibition on cau... More...    $0 (11-01-2013 - UT)

The Plaintiffs in this lawsuit are three gay and lesbian couples who wish to marry, but are currently unable to do so because the Utah Constitution prohibits same-sex marriage. The Plaintiffs argue that this prohibition infringes their rights to due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The State of Utah defends its laws and maintains that a... More...    $0 (12-20-2013 - UT)

Kody Brown, Christine Brown, Janelle Brown, Meri Browan and Robyn Sullivan sued Gary Hebert, Jeffrey R. Buhman and Mark Shurtleff on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983 seeking to prevent them from enforcing Utah's prohibition against co-habitation. The Browns are a polgyamous family that were the subject of TLC's reality series "Sister Wives". They claimed that the phrase "or coh... More...    $0 (12-15-2013 - UT)

¶1 Jason Douglas Woolums (Husband) appeals the district court’s order awarding alimony of $579 per month to Christine Woolums (Wife) for a period of time equal to the duration of the parties’ marriage. We affirm.

1. Judge William A. Thorne Jr. participated in and voted on this case as a regular member of the Utah Court of Appeals. He retired from the court before this decision issued.<... More...    $0 (09-26-2013 - UT)

¶1 Appellants brought suit to enjoin the enforcement of a law, claiming that the law violated the state constitution in four respects. The district court dismissed the first two claims and rejected the second two claims on summary judgment. On appeal, we consider whether Appellants had standing to bring these claims in the first place. We hold that, although they lacked the personal injury requir... More...    $0 (03-19-2013 - UT)

¶1 On certiorari, we are asked to decide whether Henry Day Ford (Henry Day) and Tom Watkins abandoned Motor Vehicle Sales Contracts (Vehicle Contracts or Contracts) for the sale of two Ford GT40s; whether the Contracts contained a latent ambiguity regarding the identity of the vehicles to be sold; and, in the event that Henry Day breached the Contracts, whether Mr. Watkins adequately mitigated hi... More...    $0 (05-31-2013 - UT)

Tyla M. Newbold appeals from a magistrate judge’s order affirming the Commissioner’s decision to grant social security benefits from October 1, 2006, through November 1, 2007, and to deny benefits thereafter. The Commissioner determined Ms. Newbold had been disabled during this closed period1 due to physical and mental impairments, but that her disability ceased on November 2, 2007, when she e... More...    $0 (06-14-2013 - UT)

Laura Conroy filed this Title VII lawsuit against her employer, the United States Forest Service, after it (among other things) filled an open position with a male employee, instead of her. The district court excluded the testimony of Ms. Conroy’s two experts and granted summary judgment to the Forest Service. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.

I

The Forest... More...    $0 (02-12-2013 - UT)

¶1 William A. Doyle appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Lehi City, Daniel Harrison, Blythe Bray, and Amanda Len Mackintosh (collectively, Appellees). Doyle claims that the district court erred in striking portions of affidavits he submitted in opposition to Appellees’ motion for summary judgment, in concluding that Harrison and Bray were entitled to qualified im... More...    $0 (12-06-2012 - UT)

¶1 Tamara Turner Dobson (Wife) appeals the trial court’s Decree of Divorce and Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, which awarded Wife physical and legal custody of the parties’ two minor children and alimony for twenty years and two months. On appeal, Wife argues that the trial court abused its discretion in awarding the sum of $800 per month in alimony. We affirm in part, and reverse an... More...    $0 (12-28-2012 - UT)

¶1 This case requires us to consider what constitutes constructive notice of unrecorded interests in real property under section 57-3-103 of the Utah Code (Recording Statute). Pioneer Builders (Pioneer) financed the purchase of an RV park (Property). At that time, the Property was subject to several existing recorded leases. But the Property was also subject to several unrecorded leases. When Pio... More...    $0 (11-02-2012 - UT)

Plaintiff-Appellant Dreena M. Barker appeals the district court’s order affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s decision to deny her request for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act (“Actâ€�). The district court exercised jurisdiction over this case, which presents questions of federal law, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), and upheld the Commissioner’s decisi... More...    $0 (02-15-2012 - UT)