The plaintiff company appealed from the denial of a preliminary injunction to prevent the defendant, the company’s former director, from selling shares of the company’s stock. The Utah Court of Appeals held that the district court abused its discretion in…
Utah Rule of Criminal Procedure 22(e) provides that the court may correct an illegal sentence. The Utah Supreme Court held the rule encompasses facial constitutional challenges to a sentence that do not arise at the trial. The court’s holding creates…
The Utah Court of Appeals was called upon to interpret Utah’s wrongful death statute, Utah Code Ann. § 78B-3-107 (LexisNexis Supp. 2014), and decide whether a woman could sue herself for damages that would be potentially covered under an insurance…
This medical malpractice appeal serves as a cautionary tale to co-defendants who plan a joint defense. A widow pursued negligence claims against the doctors and hospital that allegedly failed to diagnose her husband’s throat cancer. The defendants maintained a unified…
Defendant used peer-to-peer file-sharing software Limewire to download child pornography. The software’s default settings make the user’s files available for search and download by other Limewire users. Defendant argued that making files available as a result of the software’s default…
The Utah Court of Appeals certified to the Utah Supreme Court an appeal by Provo City and the Workers’ Compensation Fund of a Labor Commission’s order affirming an administrative law judge’s determination that a Provo City employee was permanently and…
