Recent Claims Trends

By: Heather S. White

Attorney Heather S. White’s presentation on Recent Claims Trends

Utah Appellate Decisions, September 2019

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 Thomas v. Hillyard 2019 UT 29 (July 2, 2019) As a matter of first impression,…

Annual Governmental Law Practice Group Seminar, November 14, 2019

Our attorneys will bring you up to speed on Governmental Immunity Act updates, medical marijuana and the ADA, Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA), water rights: general adjudications and what cities should know, and fair housing issues.

Government Entities, Case Law Update – Government, October 2019

By: Heather S. White

All summaries are written by Heather White and are for informational purposes only.   Amundsen v. University of Utah Plaintiff sought damages for injuries she suffered during a surgery performed by a University of Utah School of Medicine professor at LDS…

Government Entities, Case Law Update – Law Enforcement , October 2019

By: Heather S. White

All summaries are written by Heather White and are for informational purposes only.   A.N. v. Syling A.N., then sixteen, was arrested by an APD detective pursuant to an arrest warrant.  Defendants were officers or employees of the Alamogordo Police Department (APD)…

Tort and Insurance Law Seminar, Friday, October 25, 2019

Please join us for our annual Utah Tort and Insurance Law Seminar. Presentation topics include: lawsuit lending, medical marijuana, PTSD and TBI’s, and a report on recent trials. There will be guest speakers and lunch will be served!

Utah Lawyers Give Hope to Hundreds of Utahns with Criminal Records

By: Keith A. Call

On June 26, 2019, the litigation section, the Utah State Bar, Salt Lake County, and several other community organizations hosted a free “Expungement Day.”

SCM Welcomes Camille N. Johnson Back to the Firm

With extensive experience successfully defending complex employment and pharmaceutical claims, Camille’s return ensures our clients the outstanding representation upon which they rely.

United States v. Garcia, — F.3d — (1oth Circuit September 4, 2019)

Defendant moved to withdraw his guilty plea after it was accepted by a federal magistrate judge on the grounds that the Federal Magistrates Act of 1968 did not permit a magistrate judge to accept a felony guilty plea if the…

McQuarrie v. McQuarrie, 2019 UT App 147 (Aug. 29, 2019)

Applying principles of contract interpretation, the court of appeals held that the presumption of automatic termination of alimony upon remarriage did not apply, because the decree not only omitted remarriage as a terminating event, but also contained a series of…