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United States of America v. Tiffany Ann Bright

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Veteran Disability Benefits

Utah Woman Sentenced for Stealing Veteran Disability Benefits



Tiffany Ann Bright, 39, of Washington, Utah, was se... More...
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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.

(1) No insurer or person representing an insurer may engage in any unfair claim settlement practice under Subsections (2), (3), and (4).
(2) Each of the following acts is an unfair claim settlement practice:
(a) knowingly misrepresenting material fa... More...
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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.

31A-26-303. Unfair claim settlement practices.
(1) No insurer or person representing an insurer may engage in any unfair claim settlement practice under Subsections (2), (3), and (4).
(2) Each of the following acts is an unfair claim settlement practic... More...
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Aaron Lutz v. Liberty Gold, et al.

Salt Lake City, Utah employment lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Fair Labor Standards Act violation theories under 29 U.S.C. 0201, which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, and record keeping requirements affecting Federal Government contract employees. ... More...    $0 (10-06-2023 - UT)

Ashley Curtis v. Nissan Motor Acceptance Company

Salt Lake City, Utah consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.

"The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a federal law that protects the privacy and accuracy of your credit report. It also gives you the right to dispute inaccurate information and to get free copies of your credit report from each of the three major cred... More...
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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.


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...
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Tony Bencina v. AFL Maintenance Group

Salt Lake City, Utah civil litigation lawyer represented plaintiff who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory.

This case was filed in the 2nd District, Davis County, 210700026 and was removed to federal courts by the Defendant.

Mr. Bencina contends that AFL allegedly owes him bonus payments stemming from his employment with AFL.[4] Mr. Bencina asserts that AFL's tax record... More...
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United States of America v. Chris E. McCormick

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements in a COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, and money laundering.

In May 2020, in the District of Utah and elsewhere, Chris E. McCormick, 64, of Cottonwood Heights, illegally made false representations to Mountain America Credit Union to obtain approximately $266,000 in PP... More...
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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.





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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.




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United States of America v. Sergio Sosa

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax evasion, conspiring to defraud the United States and obstructing the IRS’s efforts to collect his tax debt.




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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.


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...
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United States of America v. Daniel Fry

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with failing to pay and account for trust fund taxesrelated to his four healthcare related businesses in the Ogden area.

Daniel Fry, age 46, of Ogden, owned and operated four businesses in the Ogden area. These businesses were Burch Creek Homecare and Hospice LLC, which closed in 2015, Scrub World, which closed in... More...
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Benjamin Kemper v. Micronet

Salt Lake City, Utah employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.

"Micronet has more than three decades of experience in the development, manufacture and marketing of mobile computing platforms for integration into fleet management and mobile workforce management solutions."... More...
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Jeffrey Pollard v. Ride Haulers and Kirk Fielding

Salt Lake City, Utah employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on fair labor standards act job discrimination theories under 42 U.S.C. 2000.
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Jennifer Hendricks v. Select Portfolio Servicing and MEB REO Trust, II

St. George, Utah consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory.... More...    $0 (10-06-2021 - UT)

United States of America v. Louis Hansen

Salt Lake City, UT: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with tax evasion and corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the IRS.

In March 2012, Louis Hansen, of Orem, presented the IRS a $342,669.41 check he knew was drawn on a closed bank account, in a fraudulent effort to evade paying taxes, penalties and interest he owed for a number of years. In June 2012, Hansen presented 10... More...
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Ricky Hunter v. Agility Energy, et al.

Salt Lake City, UT: Employment lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 0201, violation theories.... More...    $1 (09-28-2021 - UT)

United States of America v. Louis Hansen

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempting to evade the payment of his federal income taxes and corruptly endeavoring to impair the administration of the internal revenue laws.

According to the evidence presented at trial and other court documents, in March 2012, Louis Hansen, of Orem, presented a check to the IRS in the amount of $342,699.4... More...
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Conrad Truman v. Orem City, et al.

Conrad Truman sued state prosecutor Craig Johnson and various Orem City
police officers for violating his civil rights by fabricating evidence that was used
against him in a murder prosecution. Mr. Truman was prosecuted twice for the
murder of his wife. According to Mr. Truman’s complaint, the prosecution
knowingly falsified measurements of the murder scene to rule out the possib... More...
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Duane Broderick v. David Johnson and Ready Auto Haulers and JP Transporting

Salt Lake City, Utah employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued David Johnson and Ready Auto Haulers and JP Transporting on Fair Labor Standards Act violation theories.... More...    $1 (05-07-2021 - UT)

United States of America v. Vivint Smart Homes, Inc.

Salt Lake City, Utah:

Vivint Smart Home Inc. sells “smart” home security and monitoring systems, largely via a sales force that sells door-to-door. The complaint alleges that Vivint failed to implement an Identity Theft Prevention Program, allowing its sales representatives to obtain credit reports of unsuspecting consumers without the consumers’ knowledge or consent, and unfairly ... More...
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Kristopher Chadwick v. Bonneville Billing and Collections

Salt Lake City, Utah civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, Kristopher Chadwick, who sued Bonneville Billing and Collections claiming that it violated the Fair Debt Collections Act.

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)(15 U.S.C. 1692 et seq.), which became effective March 20, 1978, was designed to eliminate abusive, deceptive,and unfair debt collection practices. In addi... More...
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United States of America v. Nadia Carolina Avalos





Salt Lake City, UT - The United States of America charged Nadia Carolina Avalos, age 34, with aiding and abetting kidnapping.

Defendant from Phoenix, was sentenced Tuesday morning by U.S. District Judge David Sam. Avalos will serve 36 months of supervised rele... More...
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United States of America v. Robert Lee Holloway




A jury convicted Robert Holloway in federal district court of four counts of wire
fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343 and one count of submitting a false tax return in
violation of 26 U.S.C. 7206. The district court sentenced Holloway to 225 months
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United States of America v. Aaron Michael Shamo





Salt Lake City, UT - Jury Convicts Shamo of Leading Drug Trafficking Network for distribution
more than half a million counterfeit pills throughout the country

A federal jury in Salt Lake City returned guilty verdicts on August 30, 2019 finding A... More...
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Advanced Recovery Systems v. American Agencies




This appeal grew out of Mr. Brent Sloans participation in two
transactions. The first transaction entailed a merger between Advanced
Recovery Systems, LLC and Kinum, Inc.;1 the second transaction consisted
of a sale of software from Kinum to Sajax Softw... More...
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United States of America v. Mary Carol S. Johnson, et al.





The three consolidated appeals currently before this court involve an action
brought by the Government to collect unpaid federal estate taxes. In Appeal No.
17-4083, the Government appeals from the district courts determination that its
state-law c... More...
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Charles Payan v. United Parcel Services; Charles Martinez

Charles Payan appeals the district courts grant of summary judgment in favor of
United Parcel Service (UPS) in relation to his claims for racial discrimination and
retaliation arising under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. 1981, as well as his state law claims
for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C.... More...
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James Morden v. XL Specialty Insurance

District of Utah Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, Utah

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...
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Kang Sik Park, M.D. v. First American Title Insurance Company

District of Utah Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, Utah

Kang Sik Park appeals the district courts dismissal of his suit against First American Title Insurance Company (First American) as time-barred. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 1291, we reverse and remand.
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In 2006, in relation to a loan to Peter and Virginia Lamb, Park obtained a commitment from First American to insure a real estate deed of trust for property in Salt Lake Co... More...
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Marcia Eisenhour v. Weber County, et al.

District of Utah Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, Utah

Plaintiff Marcia Eisenhour worked for 24 years as a court administrator for the Weber County Justice Court. In 2008, when her supervisor was Judge Craig Storey, the only judge of that court, she complained to the county attorney about sexual harassment by Storey. The matter was referred to Utahs Judicial Conduct Commission, which found no misconduct. Eisenhour then went public in 2009, and the pr... More...    $0 (07-30-2018 - UT)

United States of America, ex rel. Gerald Polukoff v. St. Marks Hospital, et al.

District of Utah Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, Utah

This is a qui tam action alleging violations of the False Claims Act (FCA), 31
U.S.C. 372933, involving fraudulent reimbursements under the Medicare Act, 42
U.S.C. 13951395ccc. Plaintiff Gerald Polukoff, M.D., is a doctor who worked with
Defendant Sherman Sorensen, M.D. After observing some of Dr. Sorensens medical
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practices, Dr. Polukoff brought this FCA action, o... More...
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Silvan Warnick v. Bradford Cooley; Robin Wilkins; Ethan Rampton; Mark Knighton; Jeffrey Hall

District of Utah Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, Utah

Silvan Warnick brings this 42 U.S.C. 1983 malicious prosecution case
and a number of state law tort claims against several Salt Lake County
prosecutors and investigators. He claims he was falsely accused of tampering
with evidence that led to the filing of criminal charges against him that were later
dismissed.
The district court granted the defendants motion to dismiss, and... More...
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Xlear, Inc. v. Focus Nutrition, LLC

District of Utah Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, Utah

Xlear, Inc. and Focus Nutrition, LLC are both in the business of selling
sweeteners that use the sugar alcohol xylitol. Xlear filed a complaint raising a trade
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dress infringement claim under the Lanham Act, a claim under the Utah Truth in
Advertising Act (UTIAA), and a claim under the common law for unfair competition.
The claims all alleged that Focus Nutrition copied the pa... More...
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Bruce W. Lauritzen v. First American Title Insurance

1 Bruce W. Lauritzen purchased five lots of undeveloped
real property in Hurricane, Utah based on a description in a
recorded subdivision plat map. Lauritzen then purchased title
insurance for these lots through First American Title Insurance
Company (First American). Subsequently, Lauritzen learned that
the plat map had a material defect: one of his lots partially
overlap... More...
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Sherida Felders v. Brain Bairett and Jeff Malcom

Tenth Circuit Courthouse - Denver, Colorado

This is a 42 U.S.C. 1983 case; the single issue presented involves the costs to
be awarded Plaintiffs after they prevailed at trial against Defendant Brian Bairett.
Ordinarily prevailing parties can recover litigation costs from their opponent. See
Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1). But Fed. R. Civ. P. 68 allows a party defending against a
claim to limit his liability for the other side... More...
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Judith Pinborough Zimmerman, Ph.D. v. University of Utah and Dr. William McMahon

Utah Supreme Court of Utah - Salt Lake City, Utah

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...
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Adrian J. Lee; Angela Lynn Noyes Lee v. Scott J. McCardle

District of Utah Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, Utah

Plaintiffs Adrian and Angela Lee1 asked the bankruptcy court to declare that
the automatic stay in Adam and Jennifer Peeples bankruptcy case applies to a
separate lawsuit Adrian Lee filed in state court against defendant Scott McCardle.
The Lees also asserted that the automatic stay prevented McCardle from collecting
attorneys fees levied against Adrian Lee in that state-court la... More...
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STATE OF UTAH v. BENJAMIN DAVID RETTIG

Man gets 25 years to life for his role in BYU prof's slaying

In November 2009, Benjamin Rettig and Martin Bond traveled from Vernal, Utah, to the home of Kay Mortensen in Spanish Fork, Utah.1 Mortensen owned a large supply of firearms that were located in a bunker behind his home. Bond and Rettig traveled to his home with the intent to steal some of his firearms. The two entered Mortensens home with a handgun while wearing ski masks and latex gloves. The... More...    $0 (11-26-2017 - UT)

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