Case summaries are authored by members of Snow Christensen & Martineau’s Appellate Practice Group. For more information, visit our Appellate Highlights page. Utah Supreme Court Keystone Insurance Agency, LLC v. Inside Insurance, LLC 2019 UT 20 (May 29, 2019) In this…
The New York City Bar Association’s Professional Ethics Committee recently issued a formal opinion on agreements to receive cryptocurrency as payment for legal services.
In this direct appeal from a criminal conviction, the court repudiated language in prior case law limiting the review of an attorney’s performance to the law in effect at the time of trial, and held that “‘[t]he proper measure of…
The Utah Health Care Malpractice Act requires a plaintiff to obtain a certificate of compliance from the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (DOPL) before filing suit. The court held that this requirement of the Malpractice Act is unconstitutional because…
CoBon Energy entered into a consulting agreement with Appellants regarding pursuing certain tax credits related to the manufacture of synthetic fuels from coal. Appellants’ principals had significant training and education in mining engineering but were not licensed as professional engineers. …
The plaintiffs filed this action seeking a judicial declaration they had not committed elder abuse or breached any fiduciary duties to the husband’s elderly mother, as his siblings had publicly accused them of doing. The district court dismissed the case…
Plaintiff took an advance on his sales commissions and signed a confession of judgment which included his choses in action against the company. When he quit, he sued the company for unpaid commissions, among other things. The company, meanwhile, executed…
Hansen appealed his conviction for tax evasion and obstruction asserting his waiver of his right to counsel was not made knowingly and intelligently. The district court asked Hansen, among other things, if he understood that he would need to follow…
Adopting a new framework for assessing liability for sport injuries, the supreme court held that “participants in sports generally have no duty to avoid conduct that is inherent in the sport.” Because the plaintiff’s injuries arose out of contact that…
Rocky Ford is a downstream user of water rights from the Bear River. Kents Lake is an upstream user. The two entities had entered into various agreements over several decades. With the advent of sprinkler irrigation, as compared to traditional…
