The Utah Court of Appeals dismissed an insurance company’s subrogation action for lack of standing. The Utah Supreme Court granted certiorari and held that an insurance company had the right to file the subrogation action in its own name pursuant to…
Former Utah County commissioner Gary Anderson sentenced to probation for posing as Mormon official in fraud scheme. Criminal defense attorney Nathan Crane presented a successful plea agreement avoiding jail time.
The plaintiffs in this suit all received parking tickets from Salt Lake and brought suit alleging that the notice provided was insufficient to apprise them of the right to challenge the ticket. Affirming dismissal, the Utah Supreme Court held that, although…
In an appeal from a criminal conviction, the defendant challenged the district court’s refusal to allow him to question the victim about her plea in abeyance and uncharged arrest for giving a false name to a police officer under Rule…
In this case, Husband sought termination of alimony because Wife had cohabited with her boyfriend, although she was not cohabiting with him at the time of filing of the motion to terminate. Utah Code § 30-3-5(10) provides, “alimony to a former spouse…
This appeal arose from a city council’s denial of a conditional use permit to operate a bed and breakfast in a residential neighborhood. The plaintiff appealed the council’s decision to the district court, which reversed it, and the council sought…
This case arose out of a challenge to fracking regulations promulgated by the Bureau of Land Management. The Tenth Circuit abstained from exercising its jurisdiction based on the prudential ripeness doctrine because (a) the current administration had announced its intent to rescind…
In this appeal of an agency action, the supreme court reminded administrative tribunals of their “independent obligation” to assess a party’s standing before reaching the merits. Conducting an independent review on appeal, the court held that an environmental organization possessed standing…
This appeal arose out of a class action suit alleging that Cox Communications, a cable service provider, had illegally tied its premium cable services, such as interactive program guides, pay-per view programming, and recording or rewinding capabilities, to its own…
Charges were dismissed against Richard Otterstrom who was wrongly accused of causing a July 4th fire that badly damaged a home in Cottonwood Heights. “We feel that a redaction should be issued as an apology to my client who was wrongly accused, “ said Otterstrom’s lawyer, Nathan A. Crane.
