Utah Joint Ventures Law

Jonathan O. Hafen v. Gretchen A. Howell

<h2> Salt Lake City, Utah fruad claim lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking to recover money invested in a Ponzi scheme. </h2> Lured by the promise of a secure and exclusive investment opportunity, Les and Gretchen Howell made substantial investments in the Silver Pool, a silver-trading scheme operated by Gaylen Rust through his business, Rust Rare Coin. Though Gretchen ... More...

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<h1> United States of America v.Colin Andrew Shapard </h1>

<h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of a controlled substance that resulted in serious bodily injury. .</h2></center><h2><center> Defendant obtained drugs via the dark web, and was responsible for two prior overdose deaths </h2></center><br... More...

$0 (04-04-2024 - UT)

Ricardo Ernesto Sanchez Mena v. Silvana Esther Gomez Paz

Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in an International Child Abduction Remedies Act action. The International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA) is a United States federal law that implements the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Hague Convention is an international treaty that establishes procedures for the pro... More...

$0 (07-10-2023 - 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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United States of America v. Murat Suljovic

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS) which is a designated foreign terrorist organization. According to the plea agreement, Murat Suljovic, age 24, from Salt Lake City admitted that, in January 2019, he used an online persona to pretend to be an ISIS leader and provide wo... More...

$0 (03-25-2022 - UT)

United States of America v. Ryan R. West

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with wire fraud. Ryan R. West, 45, of Logan, was charged with defrauding numerous individuals involved in his business venture investment schemes. West previously pled guilty in August of 2021 to four counts of wire fraud connected to his fraudulent schemes. In total, West defrauded his victims of a cumulative am... More...

$0 (12-10-2021 - UT)

United States of America v. Jackson Stuart Tamowski Patton

Salt Lake City, UT: Civil unrest property damages charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jackson Stuart Tamowski Patton, 27, of Salt Lake City, was indicted for his role in the burning of a Salt Lake City police car during the May 2020 civil unrest in Salt Lake City. Patton previously pleaded guilty to one felony count of civil disorder in federal court in May of 2021. In ... More...

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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)

James Morden v. XL Specialty Insurance

This appeal concerns an assigned claim on a liability-insurance policy. Belsen Getty, LLC, a registered investment adviser owned by Terry Deru, obtained a claimsmade financial-services-liability policy (the Policy) from XL Specialty Insurance Company covering Belsen Getty and its advisers for the period from October 9, 2010, to October 9, 2011. Under the policy, XL had no duty to d... More...

$0 (09-11-2018 - UT)

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Salt Lake City, UT - Robert Stoedter sued Salt Lake County, Riverton City, Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake,Kenneth C. Gates, Kenyon T. Madsen, Gregg Shaver and Brooks Green on civil rights violation theories. 01/30/2015 173 CLERK'S JUDGMENT - This action came before the Court for a trial by jury. The issues have been tried and the jury has rendered its verdict. IT IS ORDER... More...

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Salt Lake City, UT - Heather Buchanan sued Sharon Lewis on an auto negligence theory. Defendant's attorneys removed the case the federal court. 03/21/2018 22 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Clark Waddoups: Status Conference held on 3/21/2018. Plaintiff states that after totaling all the damages it results in less than $50,000 which would result in a remand back t... More...

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<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...

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United States of America v. Ronald Wayne Leavitt

Salt Lake City, UT - Leavitt Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Money Laundering In Connection With Affinity Fraud Scheme Ronald Wayne Leavitt, age 61, of Stansbury Park, Utah, who targeted friends, members of his church, and some of their relatives in a fraud scheme, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in connection with the affinity fraud scheme Wednesday in federal court. <... More...

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Catherine Jane Shuman v. Wesley Robinson Shuman

¶1 Wesley Robinson Shuman and Catherine Jane Shuman obtained a bifurcated decree of divorce in 2011. Several years later, in 2015, all outstanding issues related to their divorce were submitted to the trial court for resolution. Following a two-day trial, the court granted primary physical and sole legal custody 1. After hearing the arguments in this case, Judge J. Frederic Voros Jr. retired ... More...

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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...

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United States of America v. Gabriel Seth Joseph

Gabriel Joseph purchased a home for $3.4 million through a company that he controlled and then sold it to himself five days later for $7 million. Using the fraudulently inflated value, he received a loan and line of credit from Washington Mutual (“WaMu”) totaling $5,659,357.88. After Joseph defaulted, WaMu purchased the property in foreclosure. With an outstanding principal bal... More...

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United States of America v. Aaron Peila

Salt Lake City, UT - Peila Sentenced To 144 Months In Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone, Money Laundering Aaron Peila, age 33, of Utah and Nevada, will serve 144 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S. District Judge David Nuffer imposed the sentence Wednesday afternoon in f... More...

$0 (12-06-2016 - UT)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. GEORGE BADGER

The government appeals only the district court’s ruling that it cannot proceed on its reverse-piercing alter-ego theory.1 The court essentially ruled that the government had failed to state a claim, regardless of the truth of its allegations. For the purposes of this appeal, we therefore take the allegations of the government’s complaint (the Complaint) as true, see Gee v... More...

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U.S. Commodity Futures Trading v. U.S. Ventures

In 2006, RIO Systems, Inc., a Texas corporation “interested in . . . projects related to oil refinery planning, construction and finance in Central America,” hired Mr. Penedo, the president of a Guatemalan “social service[s] and human rights foundation,” Aplee. Supp. App., Vol. I at 262, “to act as a facilitator and lobbyist to the Guatemalan government” for the con... More...

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United States of America v. John Huggins

SALT LAKE CITY, UT â€“ John Huggins, 48, of Tremonton, Utah, who pleaded guilty in February to possession of an unregistered destructive device, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison. According to the plea agreement, Huggins admitted that in July 2014 he possessed a partially assembled explosive device. He also agreed that he had the knowledge and the materials necessary, including an... More...

$0 (06-11-2015 - UT)

R. Wayne Klein v. William R. Cornelius

This is an appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment to the court-appointed receiver for Winsome Investment Trust, a business entity whose founder, Robert J. Andres, caused it to illegally distribute funds as part of a Ponzi scheme. The court found that Andres had fraudulently transferred funds from Winsome to William T. Cornelius and his law firm, Cornelius & Salh... More...

$0 (05-27-2015 - UT)

Martin O. Evans v. Craig C. Nielsen

¶1 Martin O. Evans appeals the district court's confirmation of the final award of an arbitrator. Evans argues that we should reverse the district court's confirmation and direct the district court to vacate the arbitrator's award on the grounds that the arbitrator exceeded his authority and refused to hear relevant evidence. We affirm. Evans v. Nielsen 20130770-CA 2 2015 UT App 65 BA... More...

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J. Canute Barnes v. Curtis H. Harris

This appeal follows on the heels of a bank failure, the Barnes Banking Company (the "Bankâ€) having been placed into Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDICâ€) receivership in 2010. Three shareholders in Barnes Bancorporation (the "Holding Companyâ€), parent of the failed bank, brought suit against the Holding Company and its officers and directors. The district... More...

$0 (04-22-2015 - UT)

Abby Tiscareno v. Lori Frasier

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. Â§ 1983 against two of the def... More...

$0 (02-23-2015 - UT)

Deseret First Federal Credit Union v. Jerry W. Parkin

¶1 George K. Fadel appeals from three district court orders. First, he contends the district court erred in denying his motions to intervene in litigation between Jerry W. Parkin, as successor trustee for the Wilma G. Parkin Family Protection Trust (the Trust), and Deseret First Federal Credit Union (Deseret First). Second, he challenges the court's decision to strike his corresponding complaint ... More...

$0 (11-14-2014 - UT)

R.B. v. L.B.

¶ 1 This case involves a child custody agreement made by divorcing parents. The agreement contemplated that L.B. 1. The Honorable Judith M. Billings, Senior Judge, sat by special assignment as authorized by law. See generally Utah R. Jud. Admin. 11-201(6). R.B. v. L.B. 20130188-CA 2 2014 UT App 270 (Mother) would have custody of their minor son (Child) until he entered the seventh... More...

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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)

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)

Lisa W. Allred v. Ronald J. Saunders, M.D.

¶1 This case comes before us on petition for interlocutory review of two discovery orders in a medical malpractice action. Plaintiffs Lisa and Marlin Allred brought suit against American Fork Hospital (Hospital) and Dr. Ronald J. Saunders, alleging that Dr. ALLRED v. SAUNDERS Opinion of the Court 1 The Hospital was originally named as a defendant in the malpractice act... More...

$0 (10-21-2014 - UT)

State of Utah v. GTrace C. Kelson

¶1 Grace Kelson was convicted of five securities law violations and one count of maintaining a pattern of unlawful activity (rack-eteering) related to an investment scheme. The court of appeals overturned Kelson's securities convictions on the basis of ineffec-tive assistance of trial counsel in stipulating to a jury instruction that purportedly relieved the State of its burden to prove each elem... More...

$0 (10-17-2014 - UT)

William E. Bolden v. John and Jane Doe

¶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 time... More...

$0 (11-04-2014 - UT)

Lisa W. Allred v. Ronald J. Saunders, M.D.

¶1 This case comes before us on petition for interlocutory review of two discovery orders in a medical malpractice action. Plaintiffs Lisa and Marlin Allred brought suit against American Fork Hospital (Hospital) and Dr. Ronald J. Saunders, alleging that Dr. ALLRED v. SAUNDERS Opinion of the Court 1 The Hospital was originally named as a defendant in the malpractice act... More...

$0 (10-21-2014 - UT)

State of Utah v. Grace C. Kelson

¶1 Grace Kelson was convicted of five securities law violations and one count of maintaining a pattern of unlawful activity (rack-eteering) related to an investment scheme. The court of appeals overturned Kelson's securities convictions on the basis of ineffec-tive assistance of trial counsel in stipulating to a jury instruction that purportedly relieved the State of its burden to prove each elem... More...

$0 (10-17-2014 - 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 reinvented it as a luxu... More...

$0 (08-08-2014 - UT)

United States of America v. Robert L. Holloway

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - A California investment manager was found guilty in federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah, late Tuesday afternoon for his role in a $33 million investment fraud scheme. Robert L. Holloway, 55, was found guilty after a seven-day trial by a federal jury in the District of Utah of four counts of wire fraud and one count of making and subscribing a false incom... More...

$0 (08-07-2014 - UT)

R. Wayne Klein v. King & King & Jones

R. Wayne Klein ("Mr. Kleinâ€ or "Receiverâ€), the court-appointed receiver for Winsome Investment Trust ("Winsomeâ€), filed this action to recover funds paid from Winsome to King & King & Jones, P.C. ("KKJâ€). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Receiver. KKJ appeals, and we affirm. * After examining the briefs and appellate record, this ... More...

$0 (07-14-2014 - UT)

Mark White v. Peter Jeppson

¶1 Plaintiffs Mark and Irene White challenge the district court's judgment in favor of Defendants.1 The district court granted in part White v. Jeppson 1. (...continued) mean Jeppson and Williams individually, unless the context requires otherwise. 2. Defendants captioned this motion as one for judgment on the pleadings and for summary judgment, and the district court<... More...

$0 (04-24-2014 - UT)

BMBT, LLC v. Christopher L. Miller

¶1 BMBT, LLC challenges the trial court's ruling granting Defendants' rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. See Utah R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). We affirm. ¶2 On December 1, 2003, Defendants Christopher L. Miller and Gae O. Miller executed a promissory note (the Note) in favor of BMBT, LLC v. Miller 1. Both the Deed and the Note were recorded in Utah Coun... More...

$0 (03-20-2014 - UT)

Jonna M. (Shannon) Lawrence v. MountainStar Healthcare

¶1 Jonna M. (Shannon) Lawrence1 appeals from a jury verdict in favor of MountainStar Healthcare, Northern Utah Healthcare Corporation, and St. Mark's Hospital (collectively, Hospital). We affirm. Lawrence v. MountainStar Healthcare 2. "On appeal from a jury verdict, we view the evidence and all reasonable inferences drawn therefrom in the light most favorable to that v... More...

$0 (02-21-2014 - UT)

R.P. v. K.S.W.

¶1 R.P., an alleged biological father, appeals from the district court's dismissal of his petition to establish paternity under the R.P. v. K.S.W. and D.R.W. 2. Unless otherwise specifically noted, all citations to the Utah Code are to the 2012 edition of the Utah Code Annotated. 20120559-CA 2 2014 UT App 38 Utah Uniform Parentage Act (the UUPA). See Utah Code Ann. Â�... More...

$0 (02-21-2014 - UT)