Utah Health Insurance Law
 

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.

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.

Her son, A.H., was a beneficiary.1 After Plaintiffs sought benefits for A.H.’s yearlong stay at a mental-heal... More...
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United States of America v. James Weston Fawcett

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography.

In 2023, Fawcett pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. The Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) calculated a total offense level of 34 under § 2G2.2 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G. or the Guidelines), a criminal history category of II,... More...
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United States of America v. Robert Anthony Monsen

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Collecting Disability Benefits

Utah Man Sentenced to Prison After Fraudulently Collecting Over Half a Million Dollars in Disability Benefits


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United States of America v. Nicholas Frank Sciotto

Salt Lake City criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling 120,000 Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards

Utah Fraudster Sentenced for Selling 120,000 Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards



The lead defenda... More...
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G.F. v. Aetna Life Insurance, et al.


Salt Lake City, Utah Employee Retirement Incomes Security (E.R.I.S.A.) lawyer represented the Plaintiff.


The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is a federal law that protects the retirement assets of American workers and sets minimum standards for certain employer-sponsored plans:

Retirement plans

ERISA requires plans to provide partic... More...
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Chad Maddox v. Kathleen Whetton Maddox


Farmington, Utah personal Injury insurance law lawyer represented the Defendant.



Chad Maddox (Chad), as personal representative for the heirs of Phoenix Matias Maddox-Plante, seeks to appeal the district court's ruling, made on summary judgment, that only a primary liability insurance policy, and not an excess liability insurance policy, is available to cover any damage... More...
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United States of America v. Austin K. Weilacher

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Odometer Fraud

South Salt Lake Residents Sentenced for Odometer Fraud



Austin K. Weilacher. age 22, and Porter R. Hamblin, age 20, of South Salt Lake Ci... More...
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United States of America v. Gordon Hunter Pedersen

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Unproven COVID-19 Cure

Fake Doctor Selling Unproven COVID-19 Cure is Sentenced to 36 Months



A United States District Court Judge sentenced a... More...
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L.L. V. Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance, et al .


Salt Lake City, Utah employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an E.R.I.S.A. law theory.



The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals i... More...
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Leanne Crowe v. SRR Partners, et al.


Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Americans with Disabilities Act Violation theory.



42 U.S.C. 12101 provides:

The Congress finds that—
(1) physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person’s right to fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many peo... More...
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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.

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...
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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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Patrick S. v. United Behavioral Health, et al.

Salt Lake City, Utah labor law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement labor law theories.

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans.
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Robert D. v. Anthem Blue Cross, et al.

Salt Lake City, Utah labor law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement Law theories.

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans.

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STATE OF UTAH v. ALAVINA FUNGAIHEA FLORREICH

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...
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STATE OF UTAH v. DEREK RANDALL JONES

During the weekend of June 26 to 27, 2015, five-year-old
B.B. slept over at the home of Forbush, who is his uncle. About
three weeks later, B.B. was showering with his father (Father), as
was apparently their occasional practice, when B.B. asked why his
uncircumcised penis looked different from Father’s circumcised
penis. Father replied that B.B. didn’t need to worry b... More...
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Kabmany April Boupha v. Swift Transportation Company of Arizona

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an Auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries.

This case was filed in the Third Judicial District, Salt Lake County, 230908165 and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.

Utah Auto Negligence Law:

"Comparati... More...
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Christopher J. Wilson v. Mid-Century Insurance

Salt Lake City, Utah insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of an insurance contract.

Bad faith breach of an insurance contract occurs when an insurance company unreasonably denies, delays, or underpays a valid claim. This legal concept seeks to protect policyholders from unfair and dishonest practices by insurance companies.

K... More...
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United States of America v. Leticia Marie Torres, Brianna Marie Taylor, Charles Masters

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of baggage from interstate shipping.

Leticia Marie Torres, 42, of Salt Lake City; and Brianna Marie Taylor, 42, of Midvale, Utah, are charged in one indictment and Charles Masters, 31, of West Valley City, Utah, is charged in a separate indictment.

As alleged in the indictment for Torres a... More...
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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.


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...
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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.

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...
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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.

"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:

Had a duty to act in good fait... More...
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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.


Plaintiffs Minal Patel and Dilipkumar Patel (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) 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 Defe... 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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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)

Jeffrey Helvie v. Chad Jenkins

Denver, Colorado civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an excessive force theory.

On August 23, 2018, at approximately 11:45 p.m., Deputy Jenkins observed Plaintiff [Helvie] make several traffic infractions while driving a Nissan pickup truck. Specifically, Deputy Jenkins observed [Helvie] turn without using a signal; accelerate, slow down and then accelerate to ... More...
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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.

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...
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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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Raven J. Hessheimer v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Salt Lake City, Utah insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract claiming more than $100,000 in damages as a result.




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Silvia Salguero-Huerta v. Standard Fire Insurance

Salt Lake City, Utah insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory claiming damages in excess of $75,000 as a direct result of the failure of the Defendant to pay Plaintiff’s claim.

This case was filed in the 3rd District Court, Salt Lake County, 210903010, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.

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Nicholas Reynolds v. Progressive Insurance

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury car wreck lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an uninsured motorists insurance policy claim theory claiming to have been injured and/or damages for more than $75,000 as a direct result of an accident caused by another person.

This case was initially filed in the 3rd District Court, Salt Lake County, 210901085, and was removed to federa... More...
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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.

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.

Wayne Hsiung, co-founder of the animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere, released the follo... More...
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Linda P. Smith v. Xavier Becerra

Salt Lake City, Utah civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant seeking reimbursement for health care.

Like many diabetics, Linda Smith uses a prescribed continuous glucose
monitor (CGM) to track and regulate her glucose levels. When Smith purchased
her CGM and its necessary supplies between 2016 and 2018, she sought
reimbursement for her expenses throug... More...
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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.

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.


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United States of America v. Dino A. Rende and Francis J. Rende

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with misdemeanor conspiracy to steal or convert government property charges stemming from the theft of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards.

Dino A. Rende, 19, of Los Angeles, California, and Francis J. Rende II, 29, of La Mesa, California, admitted that between March 2021 and August... More...
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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.


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 feet of ... 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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Isaac Padilla v. Mid-Century Insurance Company and Farmers Insurance

Salt Lake City, Utah insurance law attorney represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on bad faith breach of insurance contract theory claiming to have suffered more than $$300,000 in damages.

The claims made and defenses asserted are not available for this case.

This case was initially filed in the 3rd District, Salt Lake County, 210903824, and was removed to federal court by th... More...
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