In November 2003, a child (N.M.) experienced a severe brain injury
that left him permanently disabled. Ms. Abby Tiscareno, N.M.’s daycare
provider at the time, was blamed for this injury and prosecuted for child
abuse. But after two trials, Ms. Tiscareno was acquitted.
Ms. Tiscareno and her husband, Mr. Gillermo Tiscareno, have
invoked 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against two of the def... More...    $0 (02-23-2015 - UT)

¶1 William Bolden is the putative father of a child (J.S.) born in 2011. The case before us on appeal is an adoption proceeding involving John and Jane Doe, the would-be adoptive parents of J.S. Bolden tried to intervene in and object to the Does‘ adoption of J.S. He was barred from doing so because he failed to preserve his legal rights as a father by filing a paternity affidavit within the ti... More...    $0 (11-04-2014 - 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
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¶1 The State charged Daniella Ruiz with depraved indifference murder and reckless child abuse homicide after an infant died in her care and an autopsy revealed that the infant’s
1. The Honorable Judith M. Billings, Senior Judge, sat by special assignment as authorized by law. See generally Utah Code Jud. Admin. R. 11-201(6).
State v. Ruiz
20090466-CA 2 2014 UT App 143
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¶1 This case comes to us as another installment in the ongoing dispute surrounding land owned by the United Effort Plan Trust (Trust) located in Hildale, Utah. In early 2007, appellee Bruce Wisan, court-appointed trustee of the Trust, filed a complaint against the City of Hildale (Hildale) and the Twin City Water Authority (TCWA) to compel the subdivision of certain parcels of Trust property loca... More...    $0 (06-17-2014 - UT)

¶ 1 This case involves a medical malpractice lawsuit brought by Jerome Wilson and Leilani Wilson on behalf of their son, Jared. The Wilsons allege that employees of IHC Hospitals, Inc. (IHC) breached their duty of care during Ms. Wilson’s labor and delivery of Jared. The Wilsons further claim that IHC’s negligence caused Jared to suffer severe brain damage. The Wilsons tried their claims to a... More...    $0 (07-20-2012 - UT)

This case arises from an unfortunate situation of child-on-child abuse within the foster care system. Plaintiffs are a foster couple and their now-adopted foster children who allege they incurred injuries after an abusive foster child was placed in their home in August of 2002. In this § 1983 action, Plaintiffs raised several state and federal claims against the State of Utah and the various Stat... More...    $0 (07-27-2011 - UT)

Ross was a Field Training Officer ("FTO") for the Salt Lake City Police Department in addition to her regular duties. At the time of the accident giving rise to this case, she was driving her marked patrol car home to Tooele County from an FTO meeting on an off-duty day. Ross had her infant son in the car with her while commuting from the regularly scheduled meeting. When attending such meeting... More...    $0 (02-28-2003 - UT)

Appellant Victor Johnson of Arizona, putative father of a child born out of wedlock and subsequently adopted by a married couple, filed a complaint in the district court against the biological mother, the adoptive parents and The Adoption Center of Choice. He contended that the Utah Adoption Statue, as applied to him, violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Utah Code Ann. §§ 7... More...    $0 (06-19-2002 - UT)

Child Abuse - Repressed Memory - The plaintiff, now an adult filed suit against her alleged abusers based on repressed memories from her childhood recounted during therapy. The plaintiff began therapy in 1992, after she suffered panic attacks and after she began to hear imaginary voices telling her to kill her infant. The therapy included relaxation techniques and self-reflective exercises, that ... More...    $0 (06-18-1999 - UT)