Utah Intervening Cause Law

<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jawuan Donte Thomas </h2> </center>

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2113(a). 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> Jawuan Donte Thomas attempted to rob a bank ATM in Riverton, Utah. Thomas admitted that prior to the attempted robbery, he and tw... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Mountazar Altalibi and Jaafar Altalibi

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing Alpha-yrrolidinohexanophenone, commonly referred to as “Alpha PHP,” or “bath salts. Mountazar Altalibi, 36, of Salt Lake County, Utah, and Jaafar Altalibi, 44, both of Salt Lake County, were charged with distributing Alpha-Pyrrolidinohexanophenone, commonly referred to as “Alpha PHP,” or ... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Bryce Lucas Stimka

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing child pornography, receiving child pornography, and enticement to engage in illegal sexual activity. n July 2024, Stimka (who was twenty-three years old) began an online relationship via Snapchat with a fourteen-year-old girl in Utah. Over roughly the next nine months, Stimka and the girl exchang... More...

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Antoine Johnson v. United States of America

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking the vacation of a sentenced pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255, which provides: (a) A prisoner in custody under sentence of a court established by Act of Congress claiming the right to be released upon the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States, or that the c... 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...

$1 (04-19-2024 - UT)

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...

$0 (03-27-2024 - UT)

Nichole Robinette, et al. v. Globus Medical </h2></center>

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a product liability law theory. Globus Medical is a leading medical device manufacturer with the goal of improving the quality of life for patients with musculoskeletal disorders. We are inspired by the needs of these patients and by the surgeons and healthcare providers who treat them. <b... More...

$1 (01-30-2024 - UT)

<h1> STATE OF UTAH v. ALAVINA FUNGAIHEA FLORREICH </h1>

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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<h1> STATE OF UTAH v. DEREK RANDALL JONES </h1>

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 becau... More...

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Joann Jessop v. Smiths Food & Drug Centers

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a premises liability negligence theory. Premises liability law in Utah holds property owners responsible for injuries sustained by visitors due to unsafe conditions on their property. This responsibility is based on the concept of negligence, meaning the property owner failed to exercise reaso... More...

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State of Utah v. David Hawkins

Salt Lake City, Utah defendant charged with sexually assaulting his sons ages 9 and 13. In November 2006, 45-year-old David Hawkins was charged with sexually assaulting two of his sons, ages 9 and 13, in Salt Lake County, Utah. Hawkins claimed the allegations were false and the result of pressure from his ex-wife to drive the boys away from their father but he did not testify.<br... More...

$0 (12-31-2007 - UT)

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...

$1 (08-09-2023 - UT)

Yoriy Yudin v. University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyer successfully represented Plaintiff. Plaintiff filed a motion seeking to seal this case ("Motionâ€) asserting "[t]here is sensitive information in the case regarding Plaintiff's disability and documents that [are] classified as private under Utah Code Â§ 63G-2 Government Record Access Management Act.â€[1] Local Rule DUC... More...

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United States of America v. Diana K. Molyneux

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with delaying and destroying immigration mail that was intended for delivery. Diana K. Molyneux, was working at a USPS plant known as the Processing and Delivery Center (P&DC) in Salt Lake City, Utah. Working the nightshift, Molyneux sorted and processed Express and Priority Mail intended to be delivered locally or... More...

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United States of America v. Jordy Julian Alvarez

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with multiple counts of extortion and cyberstalking a Utah victim and her family. Jordy Julian Alvarez, 28, a Texas resident, repeatedly harassed and intimidated the female victim to provide an explicit video or he would release to the public compromising photos and videos of the victim already in his possession. ... More...

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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. <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Salt_Lake_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal... More...

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Conrad Truman v. Orem City, et al. </h1>

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 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 for any person ï¿½to sit or stand, in or on any unpaved median, or any median of less than 36 inches for any period of time.ï¿½ Sandy City Traffic Code, Article 16, Section 299.1 (the Ordinance). After the Sandy City council adopted the Ordinance, Plaintiff- Appellant Steve Ray Evans received fo... More...

$0 (12-03-2019 - UT)

Kristen Manning v. Michael Herman Baer and Fedex Ground Package System

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United States of America v. Robert Lee Holloway

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

$0 (09-20-2019 - 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...

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United States of America v. Joan Osborn

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"> </center> In Sell v. United States, 539 U.S. 166, 169, 180–81 (2003), the Supreme Court outlined a demanding four-part test that, if satisfied, allows the government to forcibly medicate a mentally ill but nonviolent criminal defendant “to render that def... More...

$0 (04-23-2019 - Ut)

United States of America v. Mary Carol S. Johnson, et al.

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"> </center> 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 court’s determination that its state-law... More...

$0 (03-29-2019 - UT)

The Slovak Republic v. Elizabeth R. Loveridge, Chapter 7 Trustee

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"> </center> This appeal stems from the Chapter 7 bankruptcy of EuroGas, Inc. (“EuroGas I”). The Slovak Republic, an unsecured creditor who filed a claim in that bankruptcy, appeals the decision of the Tenth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (“BAP”) dismissi... More...

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Dorinda Lauer v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/all/themes/ca10/assets/img/bwch-front.jpg"> </center> Dorinda Lauer appeals pro se from the district court’s order affirming the Commissioner’s decision denying her application for Social Security disability and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. She applied for these benefits in February ... More...

$0 (11-20-2018 - UT)

Charles Payan v. United Parcel Services; Charles Martinez

Charles Payan appeals the district court’s 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... More...

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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 U.S.C. §§ 3729–33, involving fraudulent reimbursements under the Medicare Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395–1395ccc. Plaintiff Gerald Polukoff, M.D., is a doctor who worked with Defendant Sherman Sorensen, M.D. After observing some of Dr. Sorensen’s medical 3 practices, Dr. Polukoff brought this... More...

$0 (07-10-2018 - 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)

Xlear, Inc. v. Focus Nutrition, LLC

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 2 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...

$0 (06-30-2018 - UT)

STATE OF UTAH v. MICHAEL BINKS <table> <td>

Michael Binks was convicted of possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia. In this appeal he challenges the denial of his motion to suppress the evidence that formed the basis for his conviction. We affirm. ¶2 When officers stopped Binks’s vehicle, they had at least reasonable suspicion to investigate two traffic violations and possible drug possession. And when the officers approached the veh... More...

$0 (05-13-2018 - UT)

United States of America v. William Hammond and Kristine Vanorman

Salt Lake City, UT - Utah PSN Partners Target Those Who “Lie-And-Try” To Purchase A Firearm; Two Federal Firearms Licensees Also Charged Utah Project Safe Neighborhoods partners have a message for those who “lie-and-try” in attempting to purchase a firearm from federal firearms licensees in Utah: If you lie on paperwork you are required to complete to purchase a firearm, you may ... More...

$0 (05-10-2018 - UT)

<cenger> 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 overla... More...

$0 (04-08-2018 - 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: 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 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 attorney’s fees levied against Adrian Lee in that state-cour... More...

$0 (01-30-2018 - UT)

Cedric Greene v. Direct TV, Inc.

Cedric Greene appeals the district court’s determination that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over this action. Although we agree with that conclusion, we remand with instructions to dismiss without prejudice. Greene filed suit against Direct TV, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, asserting claims for false advertisement, breach of contract, and n... More...

$0 (01-09-2018 - UT)

STATE OF UTAH v. MICHAEL WADDELL JOHNSON <table> <td>

Michael Johnson was charged and tried for murder. At trial, Mr. Johnson requested an instruction for the lesser offense of homicide by assault. The trial court agreed and stated on the record that it would use the homicide by assault instruction submitted by Mr. Johnson. ¶3 The jury returned a guilty verdict on the murder charge, and Mr. Johnson appealed his conviction to the court of appeals. ... More...

$0 (11-26-2017 - UT)

STATE OF UTAH v. BENJAMIN DAVID RETTIG <table> <td>

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 Mortensen’s home with a handgun while wearing ski masks and latex glove... More...

$0 (11-26-2017 - UT)

State of Utah v. Chadley Keith Calvert

¶1 More than nine years ago, Dennis Terry Wynn (Defendant) was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution in excess of $700,000. Now he argues, among other things, that that amount renders his sentence illegal. Because we conclude that Defendant is not entitled to relief under the many theories he advances, we affirm the district court’s denial of his several motions. BACKGROUND ... More...

$0 (11-16-2017 - UT)