Utah Intentional Law

<h2> <center> United States of America v. Robert Sutherland Maclean </h2> </center>

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged withabusive sexual contact while in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b) and 2246(3), and 49 U.S.C. § 46506. 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> Robert Sutherl... More...

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Leanne Crowe v. SRR Partners, et al.

<h2> Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Americans with Disabilities Act Violation theory. </h2> 42 U.S.C. 12101 provides: The Congress finds thatâ€” (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)

Jeanine Nielsen v. Home Depot, USA, Inc.

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury slip and fall lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a premises liability theory. Under Utah's premises liability rules, a property owner can be held responsible for injuries to visitors. It does not matter if those injuries were intentional or unintentional. Property owners are liable if they fail to guard or warn visitors of a dangerous struct... More...

$0 (03-15-2024 - UT)

Becky Rathke v. Walmart, Inc.

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury slip and fall lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a premises liability negligence theory. Under Utah's premises liability rules, a property owner can be held responsible for injuries to visitors. It does not matter if those injuries were intentional or unintentional. Property owners are liable if they fail to guard or warn visito... More...

$1 (01-26-2024 - UT)

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...

$0 (12-08-2023 - UT)

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...

$0 (07-31-2023 - UT)

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)

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. Ms. ... More...

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Alex Taylor and Nallely Taylor v. National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2007-1, et al.

Salt Lake City, UT: Personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a tort theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of a negligent or intentional wrongful act, error or omission on the part of the Defendant. The claims made and defenses asserted are not available for this case. This case was initially fi... More...

$0 (10-28-2021 - UT)

United States of America v. Aaron Michael Shamo

Salt Lake City, Utah drug trafficking criminal lawyer represented defendant. Aaron Michael Shamo, the CEO of a nationwide dark net was charged with running a drug trafficking organization that distributed more than a half million counterfeit pills throughout the country. A federal jury found Shamo guilty of organizing and directing a drug trafficking organization that imported f... More...

$0 (10-30-2020 - UT)

United States of America v. Elet Neilson

Salt Lake City, UT - The United States of America charged Elet Neilson with stealing pain medications from patients. Elet Neilson, age 53, of Layton, a former emergency room nurse who admitted to tampering with controlled substances intended for patients and diverting the drugs for her own use, will serve 60 months in federal prison. As a result of the tampering and diversion, ... More...

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United States of America v. Gary Mark Hill

Salt Lake City, UT - The United States of America charged Gary Mark Hill with importing and dealing machine guns and illegal possession and transfer of machine guns. A federal jury convicted Gary Mark Hill, age 42, of Salt Lake City of unlawfully engaging in the business of importing and dealing machine guns and illegal possession and transfer of machine guns Wednesday afternoon followin... More...

$0 (12-30-2019 - UT)

United States of America v. Aaron Michael Shamo

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"> </center> 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...

$0 (09-10-2019 - UT)

Advanced Recovery Systems v. American Agencies

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"> </center> This appeal grew out of Mr. Brent Sloan’s 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 Sof... More...

$0 (05-07-2019 - UT)

Larry Drake Hansen v. Salt Lake City Corporation

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"> </center> Larry Drake Hansen, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s judgment dismissing his civil rights action under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) and its order denying his post-judgment motion under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(a) and (b). Exercising jurisdiction<... More...

$0 (03-05-2019 - 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)

Silvan Warnick v. Bradford Cooley; Robin Wilkins; Ethan Rampton; Mark Knighton; Jeffrey Hall

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, ... More...

$0 (07-10-2018 - 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. ¶2 Ryan Harvey, a plaintiff and part own... More...

$0 (11-07-2017 - UT)

E. Jeffrey Donner v. Jack Nicklaus

E. Jeffrey Donner and Judee Donner appeal the district court’s dismissal of their intentional misrepresentation claim against Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus Golf Club, LLC (collectively “Nicklaus”). Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm. I We will not discuss in detail the background facts of this case, which are covered in our prior opinion, Don... More...

$0 (11-07-2017 - UT)

United States of America v. Essential Oils, L.C.

Salt Lake City, UT - Essential Oils Company Sentenced for Lacey Act and Endangered Species Act Violations to Pay $760,000 in Fines, Forfeiture, and Community Service, and to Implement a Comprehensive Compliance Plan YOUNG LIVING ESSENTIAL OILS, L.C., (the Company), headquartered in Lehi, Utah, pleaded guilty in federal court to federal misdemeanor charges regarding its illegal trafficking... More...

$760000 (09-19-2017 - UT)

Natealie Heslop v. Bear River Mutual Insurance Company

¶1 Natalie Heslop (Heslop) rolled her truck down an embankment. She told the responding police officer, her family, and medical personnel that the accident had been a suicide attempt. Ten days after the crash, she told an insurance adjuster that her “mind wasn’t right,” she had taken “too many pills” the day before the crash, and that the crash was “pretty much a suicide attempt.” H... More...

$0 (01-24-2017 - UT)

Jesus Monarrez v. Utah Department of Transportation

¶ 1 We granted certiorari in this case to decide whether the court of appeals correctly determined that the Utah Governmental Immunity Act (GIA) barred Jesus Monarrez‘s claims. Mr. Monarrez, after being injured when forced to stop suddenly near a construction crew on a Utah road, attempted to bring a negligence claim against the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and several unnamed &#82... More...

$0 (03-09-2016 - UT)

Jones v. Norton

This case arises from the death of Ute Tribe member Todd R. Murray on April 1, 2007, following a police pursuit. Murray’s parents Debra Jones and Arden Post, on behalf of themselves and Murray’s estate, brought a 13-count complaint in the district court alleging various constitutional violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, conspiracy to violate civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 198... More...

$0 (12-29-2015 - 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)

Helf v. Chevron

Chevron operates an oil refinery near Salt Lake City. The refinery contains a concrete-lined, open-air pit that is used to process various liquid and solid waste products from the refinery. One of the liquid waste products collected in the pit is mildly acidic steam condensate from the refining process, which continuously flows into the pit. Before the pit is emptied, workers ensure that the pH le... More...

$0 (09-14-2015 - UT)

Helf v. Chevron,

Chevron operates an oil refinery near Salt Lake City. The refinery contains a concrete-lined, open-air pit that is used to process various liquid and solid waste products from the refinery. One of the liquid waste products collected in the pit is mildly acidic steam Cite as: 2015 UT 81 Opinion of the Court 3 condensate from the refining process, which continuously f... More...

$0 (09-04-2015 - UT)

Innosys v. Mercer

<center> <img width="200" src="http://www.alpinecourtreporting.com/images/acrlogo.png"> </center> ¶4 In January of 2008, immediately following Amanda Mercer‘s graduation from the University of Utah, InnoSys hired her as an engineer. Per its standard practice, InnoSys had Mercer sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). By signing, Mercer promised not to ―copy, tra... More...

$0 (09-01-2015 - UT)

Wash. Co. Sch. Dist. v. Lbr Comm'n and Steven H. Brown

In January 2003, Steven Brown, suffered a back injury when he fell down the steps of his bus while at work as a school bus driver for the Washington County School District (School District). This injury required medical treatment and eventual spinal surgery. He received workers‘ compensation for this injury. Subsequently, in September 2007, Mr. Brown was reinjured when a child jumped on his back... More...

$0 (08-26-2015 - UT)

Pang v. International Document

$0 (08-12-2015 - UT)

Jones v. Mackey Price Thompson

Mr. Lundgren had been practicing law for twenty years when Ms. Best hired him to pursue a workers’ compensation claim. In February 2009, Ms. Best settled her claim for $24,906. Per her instructions, Mr. Lundgren retained $2,500 of Ms. Best’s share of the settlement proceeds in his client trust account in order to pay her outstanding medical bills. However, in July of 2010, Ms. Best’s doctor,... More...

$0 (07-30-2015 - UT)

United States of America v. Michael James Pascal

Salt Lake City, UT - A jury convicted Michael Pascal of abusive sexual contact. He appeals, challenging the district court's admission of a prior uncharged sex offense under Federal Rule of Evidence 413. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Â§ 1291, we affirm. I In 2013, Pascal boarded a commercial flight and sat in his assigned middle seat. The adjacent window seat wa... More...

$0 (05-20-2015 - UT)

Michelle Coroles v. State of Utah, University Health Care, University of Utah State Hospitals and Community, Parkway Health Center, University of Utah Medical Center and University of Utah Health Sciences

¶1 In this medical malpractice suit, the district court struck two sets of proposed expert witnesses retained by the plaintiff. The court struck the first set of witnesses because the plaintiff's attorney revealed confidential information to them about the proceedings before a mandatory prelitigation panel. The court also struck two replacement expert witnesses because they were designated after ... More...

$0 (04-21-2015 - UT)

Monica Cecilia Cook v. Department of Commerce, Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing and Board of Nursing

¶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 license... More...

$0 (03-19-2015 - UT)

iMatter Utah v. John Njord

Before the Utah Department of Transportation will grant a permit authorizing a parade on a Utah state highway, an applicant must obtain liability insurance and sign an indemnification form. Two environmental groups brought suit in the United States District Court for the District of Utah, challenging these requirements under the First Amendment. The district court granted summary<b... More...

$0 (12-22-2014 - UT)

Linda Rand v. KOA Campgrounds

¶1 Plaintiff Linda Rand appeals the trial court's order dismissing her claims against Defendants KOA Campgrounds, 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). Rand v. KOA Victoria Orme, Doug Robinson, Don Boothroyd, Marlene Boothroyd, J-J Bakd LC (collectively, KOA), and... More...

$0 (10-17-2014 - UT)

State of Utah v. Sarah Ann LoPrinzi

¶1 Sarah Ann LoPrinzi appeals her two convictions for unlawful sexual activity with a minor, asserting that the trial court erred in multiple ways. First, she contends that the trial 1. The Honorable Russell W. Bench, Senior Judge, sat by special assignment as authorized by law. See generally Utah R. Jud. Admin. 11-201(6). State v. LoPrinzi 20120513-CA 2 2014 UT App 256 court shou... More...

$0 (10-23-2014 - UT)

State of Utah v. Bradley Fuller

¶1 After police discovered child pornography on Defendant Bradley Fuller's computer, he was charged with ten counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, all second-degree felonies. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Mr. Fuller pled guilty to five counts of voyeurism but reserved the right to appeal the trial court's order denying his Motion to Suppress. On appeal, he challenges the warrant under the Fou... More...

$0 (07-11-2014 - UT)

Betty Keith v. Mountain Resorts Development, LLC

¶ 1 This case is about land in Park City, Utahâ€”a little town that has undergone many transformations. Mormon pioneers first traveled through the area on their way to Salt Lake City. When prospectors discovered silver in the hills, it became a mining boomtown, then, when the price of silver fell, it was nearly deserted as a ghost townâ€”but industrious residents rei... More...

$0 (08-08-2014 - UT)

Cecil Blaine Ralphs v. The Honorable Clark A. McClellan and The State of Utah

¶1 This case comes to us on a petition for extraordinary relief from a case originating in justice court. The underlying justice court proceedings involved misdemeanor charges against Cecil Ralphs under lewdness provisions of the criminal code. An earlier lewdness case culminated in a conviction in justice court in 2010. When Ralphs was subject to further lewdness charges in 2011 and 2012, he was... More...

$0 (08-29-2014 - UT)

Andrew LeBeau v. State of Utah

¶1 On certiorari, petitioner Andrew LeBeau asks us to consider whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the district court's imposition of a sentence of life without the possibility of parole following Mr. LeBeau's conviction for aggravated kidnapping pursuant to Utah Code section 76-5-302. Mr. LeBeau's conviction stems from a domestic dispute triggered by Mr. LeBeau's ... More...

$0 (09-19-2014 - UT)