Utah Independent Contractor 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)<h1> United States of America v. Ryan Palmer </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Farmers Out of $1.2M </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fraudster Sentenced to 50 Months' Imprisonment After Defrauding Farmers Out of $1.2M</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Ryan Palmer's change of plea hea... More...
$0 (08-25-2024 - UT)Leanne Crowe v. SRR Partners, et al.
<font color="red"><h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Americans with Disabilities Act Violation theory.<br> </font </color="red"></h2><br> <br> 42 U.S.C. 12101 provides:<br> <br> The Congress finds that—<br> (1) physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person's right to fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many ... More...
$1 (06-14-2024 - 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)Jeanie Parker v. United Airlines, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601–54.<br> <br> This statute prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for taking FMLA leave. 29 U.S.C.<br> § 2615(a)(2). We may assume for the sake of argument that the prohibition<br> would ordinarily apply when an employer adopt... More...
$0 (09-26-2022 - 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)United States of America v. Joseph "Norte Joe" Gomez
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking and money laundering.<br> <br> Joseph "Norte Joe†Gomez, the lead defendant in a large-scale 32 defendant federal indictment, was with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder money. All thirty-one members and associates of the Norteños street gang responsible for di... More...
$0 (12-14-2021 - UT)State of Utah v. William Tyler "Bo" Wood
Moab, Utah criminal defense attorney represented Defendant charged with poaching.<br> <br> William Tyler "Bo" Wood, age 31, a Florida dog trainer was charged with a felony for illegally capturing a black bear by chasing it to the point of collapse near Moab in 2918. Wood was hired by Clifford Stubbs, a Parowan contractor and avid houndsman. <br> <br> It is legal for licensed hunters to use dogs ... More...
$0 (11-12-2021 - UT)Conrad Truman v. Orem City, et al. </h1>
Conrad Truman sued state prosecutor Craig Johnson and various Orem City<br> police officers for violating his civil rights by fabricating evidence that was used<br> against him in a murder prosecution. Mr. Truman was prosecuted twice for the<br> murder of his wife. According to Mr. Truman's complaint, the prosecution<br> knowingly falsified measurements of the murder scene to rule out the possibil... More...
$0 (06-04-2021 - UT)Steve Ray Evans v. Sandy City, et al.
In 2016, the Sandy City, Utah city council adopted an ordinance making it illegal<br> for any person �to sit or stand, in or on any unpaved median, or any median of less<br> than 36 inches for any period of time.� Sandy City Traffic Code, Article 16, Section<br> 299.1 (the Ordinance). After the Sandy City council adopted the Ordinance, Plaintiff-<br> Appellant Steve Ray Evans received fo... More...
$0 (12-03-2019 - UT)United States of America v. Dustin Erhardt
Salt Lake City, UT - The United States of America charged Dustin Erhardt with wire fraud.<br> <br> Dustin Erhardt, age 33, of Beaverton, Ore., was charged with five counts of wire fraud in connection with what the indictment alleges was a scheme to use his position and access as a contractor to defraud a Provo company.<br> <br> According to the indictment, Erhardt began working as a contractor for... More...
$0 (02-10-2020 - UT)United States of America v. Ron Rockwell Hansen
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"><br> </center><br> Salt Lake City, UT - Former Intelligence Officer Convicted of Attempted Espionage Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison <br> <br> A former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer, who pleaded guilty in March to attempting to communicate, deliver, or transmit inf... More...
$0 (09-29-2019 - UT)United States of America v. Mary Carol S. Johnson, et al.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> The three consolidated appeals currently before this court involve an action<br> brought by the Government to collect unpaid federal estate taxes. In Appeal No.<br> 17-4083, the Government appeals from the district court’s determination that its<br> state-law... More...
$0 (03-29-2019 - UT)United States of America v. Ron Rockwell Hansen
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"><br> </center><br> Salt Lake City, UT - Former Intelligence Officer Pleads Guilty To Attempted Espionage<br> <br> Plea Agreement Includes 180-Month Federal Prison Sentence <br> <br> A former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer, taken into federal custody by the FBI in June 2018 ... More...
$0 (03-17-2019 - UT)United States of Amrerica v. Mrs. Fields' Original Cookies, Inc.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.staples-3p.com/s7/is/image/Staples/s0399846_sc7?$splssku$"><br> </center><br> Salt Lake City, UT - Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Utah Cookie Retailer<br> <br> The Justice Department announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Mrs. Fields’ Original Cookies Inc. (Mrs. Fields), headquartered in... More...
$24600 (12-06-2018 - UT)Marcia Eisenhour v. Weber County, et al.
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 Utah’s Judicial Conduct Commission, which found no misconduct. Eisenhour then went public in 2009, and the ... More...
$0 (07-30-2018 - UT)United States of America, ex rel. Gerald Polukoff v. St. Marks Hospital, et al.
This is a qui tam action alleging violations of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31<br> U.S.C. §§ 3729–33, involving fraudulent reimbursements under the Medicare Act, 42<br> U.S.C. §§ 1395–1395ccc. Plaintiff Gerald Polukoff, M.D., is a doctor who worked with<br> Defendant Sherman Sorensen, M.D. After observing some of Dr. Sorensen’s medical<br> 3<br> practices, Dr. Polukoff brought this... More...
$0 (07-10-2018 - UT)Xlear, Inc. v. Focus Nutrition, LLC
Xlear, Inc. and Focus Nutrition, LLC are both in the business of selling<br> sweeteners that use the sugar alcohol xylitol. Xlear filed a complaint raising a trade<br> 2<br> dress infringement claim under the Lanham Act, a claim under the Utah Truth in<br> Advertising Act (UTIAA), and a claim under the common law for unfair competition.<br> The claims all alleged that Focus Nutrition copied the pa... More...
$0 (06-30-2018 - UT)United States of America v. Stanley Raass <P> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing for Legal Professionals <br> MoreLaw Can Make Your Phone Ring <br> 888-354-4529 </font>
Salt Lake City, UT - Utah Resident Pleads Guilty To Devising Scheme To Obtain Construction Contracts Set Aside For Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses<br> <br> A Utah man pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in federal court on February 16, 2018 for his role in a fraud scheme he devised to obtain government construction contracts set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Busi... More...
$0 (02-20-2018 - UT)Judith Pinborough Zimmerman, Ph.D. v. University of Utah and Dr. William McMahon
¶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:<br> 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)Adrian J. Lee; Angela Lynn Noyes Lee v. Scott J. McCardle
Plaintiffs Adrian and Angela Lee1 asked the bankruptcy court to declare that<br> the automatic stay in Adam and Jennifer Peeples’ bankruptcy case applies to a<br> separate lawsuit Adrian Lee filed in state court against defendant Scott McCardle.<br> The Lees also asserted that the automatic stay prevented McCardle from collecting<br> attorney’s fees levied against Adrian Lee in that state-cour... More...
$0 (01-30-2018 - UT)State of Utah v. Chadley Keith Calvert
¶1 Chadley Keith Calvert appeals his convictions for aggravated assault, a third degree felony, and for threatening with or using a dangerous weapon in a fight or quarrel, a class A misdemeanor. Calvert contends that his trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance in failing to raise arguments related to double jeopardy and that the trial court exceeded its discretion in admitt... More...
$0 (11-20-2017 - UT)The Estate of Rose Flygare v. Ogden City and Black & McDonald, L.L.C.
¶1 After leaving an event at Peery’s Egyptian Theater late in the evening on February 16, 2013, Rose Flygare, Marjorie Bell, and a minor child (collectively, Plaintiffs1) were hit by a truck<br> 1. Rose Flygare died during the pendency of this case and her estate was substituted as a plaintiff. Richard and Jennifer Pratt brought this action on behalf of the minor child. For ease of (continued�... More...
$0 (09-13-2017 - UT)Ryan Harvey v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Quray Reservation, et al.
¶1 The oil and gas industry is a major economic force in the Uintah Basin. This industry relies, to some extent, on access to the Uintah and Ouray Reservation of the Ute Indian Tribe. The plaintiffs allege that, through its ability to restrict the industry’s access to tribal lands, the tribe has held hostage the economy of the non-Indian population.<br> ¶2 Ryan Harvey, a plaintiff and part own... More...
$0 (11-07-2017 - UT)Chris LaMont v. Riverton City Board of Appeals
¶1 Riverton City (the City) fired Chris LaMont from his position as a construction supervisor after he refused to submit to a “reasonable suspicion drug [and alcohol] test” while on duty. LaMont appealed his termination, and the Riverton City Board of Appeals (the Board) upheld the City’s decision. LaMont now seeks judicial review of the Board’s conclusion, claiming that (1) the City did ... More...
$0 (10-26-2017 - UT)United States of America ex rel Donald Little and Kurosh Motaghed v. Triumph Gear Systems, Inc.
This appeal arises from the efforts of several whistleblowers to navigate the<br> procedural minefield of the False Claims Act (FCA). See 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733. In<br> 2012, Joe Blyn commenced this FCA action by filing a sealed complaint in the district<br> court. The complaint named Donald Little as Blyn’s counsel of record. Months later,<br> Little filed an amended complaint that named hims... More...
$0 (09-18-2017 - UT)Joseph Tomlinson v. Douglas Knight Construction, Inc.
¶ 1 Utah Code section 78B-4-513(1) provides that “an action for defective design or construction is limited to” an action for “breach of . . . contract, whether written or otherwise, including both express and implied warranties.” The statute also states that such a claim may be brought only by a person who is “in privity of contract with the original contractor” or by a person with a... More...
$0 (08-30-2017 - UT)Lynn D. Becker v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
The Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation1 appeals a preliminary<br> injunction ordering it not to proceed with litigation in tribal court against a nonmember<br> former contractor, Lynn Becker. The district court ruled that although the parties’<br> dispute would ordinarily come within the tribal court’s jurisdiction, their Independent<br> Contractor Agreement (the Contract) wa... More...
$0 (08-25-2017 - UT)Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservations v. Honorable Barry G. Lawrence
This appeal arises from a contract dispute between Lynn Becker and the Ute<br> Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.1 Our concern, however, is not the<br> merits of the dispute but jurisdiction. Mr. Becker, who is not an Indian, pursued his<br> claim against the Tribe in Utah state court. The Tribe responded by filing suit in the<br> United States District Court for the District of Uta... More...
$0 (08-25-2017 - UT)United States of America v. Isomeric Pharmacy Solutions, L.L.C. (Isomeric), William O. Richardson, Rachael S. Cruz, and Jeffery D. Brown
Salt Lake City, UT - District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Utah Pharmacy and Its Executives to Prevent Distribution of Adulterated, Misbranded and Unapproved New Drugs<br> <br> The U.S. District Court for the District of Utah entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against defendants Isomeric Pharmacy Solutions LLC (Isomeric), William O. Richardson, who serves as its Chief Ex... More...
$0 (08-07-2017 - UT)Stiching Mayflower, et al. v. United Park City Mines Company, et al.
¶1 This case involves a dispute over a mining road built on Flagstaff Mountain (near Park City) over a century ago. The plaintiffs are Stichting Mayflower Mountain Fonds and Stichting Mayflower Recreation Fonds (collectively ―Mayflower‖). Defendants in the suit are owners of land traversed by the road. ¶2 Plaintiffs have asserted a right to use the road (1) as a public highway under... More...
$0 (03-22-2017 - UT)Truck Insurance Exchange v. Danny L. Rutherford
¶ 1 Danny Rutherford suffered extensive injuries when the work van he was driving was hit by a vehicle that had run a red light. Mr. Rutherford sought compensation from both his employer‘s workers‘ compensation insurer and Truck Insurance Exchange (TIE), which provides Mr. Rutherford‘s employer with underinsured motorist coverage. Mr. Rutherford seeks double recovery, arguing that Utah Code... More...
$0 (04-27-2017 - UT)Barbara Bagley v. Bargara Bagley
¶1 In 1910, the district court issued the Little Cottonwood Morse Decree, which established water rights for the Little <br> <br> LITTLE COTTONWOOD v. SANDY CITY Opinion of the Court <br> 2 <br> <br> Cottonwood Creek. The decree also terminated a contract that conferred a right to use a portion of this water. The Morse Decree replaced the terminated contract with new terms that govern this contr... More...
$0 (10-27-2016 - UT)Jones v. Norton
This case arises from the death of Ute Tribe member Todd R. Murray on<br> April 1, 2007, following a police pursuit. Murray’s parents Debra Jones and<br> Arden Post, on behalf of themselves and Murray’s estate, brought a 13-count<br> complaint in the district court alleging various constitutional violations under 42<br> U.S.C. § 1983, conspiracy to violate civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 198... More...
$0 (12-29-2015 - UT)Gricius et al v. Cox
This matter is before the court on a petition for extraordinary relief filed by Stephanie Gricius, Kamme Edsberg, Melissa Bradley, and Colby Curtis. Previously, a similar petition was filed by Fred C. Cox,1 but we determined he lacked standing because he had not identified himself as one of the prospective sponsors of the proposed referendum petition described by his petition. ¶2 This petition h... More...
$0 (09-26-2015 - UT)Flowell v. Rhodes
On May 20, 2002, Mr. Wade and Darrin Rhodes went to service the Sundown Well, which is located in Meadow, Utah.2 In <br> 1 Mr. Wade and his wife first filed the tort suit against FEA. They added Dixie as a defendant after learning that the utility employees involved in the accident were leased by Dixie to FEA. 2 In evaluating cross-motions for summary judgment, we recite the facts in the light mo... More...
$0 (09-26-2015 - UT)Pang v. International Document
On appeal from a motion to dismiss, we must accept the factual allegations in the complaint as true1 and view all reasonable inferences from them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.2 We outline the pertinent facts consistent with this standard. ¶4 Between 2009 and 2012, Mr. Pang worked as a compliance officer for Internal Document Services (IDS) and Progressive Finance. Resource Manage... More...
$0 (09-20-2015 - UT)Utley v. Mill Man Steel
Mill Man Steel fired Kendall Utley on suspicion that he had misappropriated steel from the company. In so doing, Mill Man refused to pay Utley the commissions he claimed to have earned, asserting a right to withhold the commissions as an offset against the value of the allegedly misappropriated steel. Utley filed this suit, claiming that Mill Man had violated the Utah Payment of Wages Act (UPWA). ... More...
$0 (09-14-2015 - UT)Vincent v. Utah Plastic Surgery Society
The facts alleged by Plaintiffs are fully set out in the district court’s order. <br> Relevant to this appeal, Plaintiffs allege the individual Defendants are all<br> members of the Utah Plastic Surgery Society (the “Society”) and certified as<br> plastic surgeons by The American Board of Plastic Surgery (the “Board”). The<br> Society is alleged to be an unincorporated entity headquarte... More...
$0 (09-07-2015 - UT)Raymond L. Zisumbo v. Ogden Regional Medical Center
Within a month after Raymond Zisumbo complained to his supervisor at Ogden<br> Regional Medical Center (ORMC) about alleged race discrimination in the workplace,<br> 2<br> ORMC investigated Zisumbo for submitting apparently fraudulent letters to his<br> supervisor months earlier. After confirming that at least one of the letters was falsified,<br> ORMC terminated Zisumbo’s employment. Zisumbo su... More...
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