Recent Claims Trends
By: Heather S. White
Attorney Heather S. White’s presentation on Recent Claims Trends
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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,…
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)…
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.”
Insurers Can Be Vicariously Liable for Fraudulent Misrepresentations by Independent Producers under Utah Law
The Utah Insurance Code suggests that the existence of an agency relationship turns on whether an insurance salesperson is a “producer for the insurer” or a “producer for the insured.”
Recent Utah Appellate Decisions July 2019
The following appellate cases of interest were decided by the Utah Supreme Court, Utah Court of Appeals, and United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ethical Considerations when Accepting Cryptocurrency as Payment for Legal Services
By: Robert T. Denny
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.
Utah Supreme Court Strikes Down State Medical Malpractice Law
The Utah Supreme Court ruled a state law requiring medical malpractice plaintiffs to obtain a “certificate of compliance” from a state agency is unconstitutional. A suit that accused a hospital of negligently causing a patient’s death was reinstated. The hospital…
Government Entities – Case Law Update, July 2019
By: Heather S. White
All summaries are written by Heather White and are for informational purposes only. Snow Christensen & Martineau represented clients in some of the cases listed below, but the firm was not legal counsel for all of them. Coburn v. Whitaker Construction In…