SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) – The Utah Supreme Court has decided Utah law overrules the common-law defense of sudden incapacity in a limited extent, doing so in a lawsuit regarding a bus driver who became unconscious transporting a high school band.
SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) -- The Utah Supreme Court, in a ruling last week, said the family of teenager who was injured, and later died, after being pursued by a sheriff's deputy in a car chase can proceed with their lawsuit against the law enforcement officer.
Nehring SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) - The Utah Supreme Court, in a ruling last week, said a negligence lawsuit filed against a city and a police officer, as a result of a deadly high-speed chase, can proceed.
Durrant SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) - The Utah Supreme Court, in a ruling earlier this month, sided with a group of tenants who blamed the owners of their apartment complex for a fire and the subsequent damage and their injuries.
Lee SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) - Those who prescribe medications can be held liable for the actions of their patients, the Utah Supreme Court has ruled.
Durrant SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) - The Utah Supreme Court said this month that a portion of land cannot be condemned under a statute that permits eminent domain for construction projects around mineral deposits.
Shurtleff SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Only a recent Utah Supreme Court decision prevented the claims of two former financial advisers who say regulators ruined their professional lives from being dismissed entirely.
Parrish SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) - The Utah Supreme Court earlier this month reversed the decision of a district court that excluded expert testimony in the case of a doctor who tried to remove a bead from a 4-year-old's ear.
Scott Jenkins (R) SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline)-Legislation that would allow the Utah governor to appoint the state's chief justice is winding its way through the state Legislature.
Christine Durham SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline)-The Utah Supreme Court has thrown up roadblocks to a proposed 270-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Sigurd.
Matthew Durrant SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline)-The Utah Supreme Court has upheld the state tax on strip clubs but said the levy shouldn't be charged to companies providing escort services.
Utah Supreme Court building SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline)-The Utah Workers' Compensation Fund must pay for costs for job-related injuries or illnesses only in proportion to the amount the condition was related to the job, the state Supreme Court ruled this week.
Utah Supreme Court building SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline)-The Utah Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in a case whether environmentalists should have a chance to challenge a company's mineral leases to operate on the Great Salt Lake.
SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) -A handcuffed man who fell while waiting to be put in a Utah Highway Patrol cruiser can't sue the agency for negligence, the Utah Supreme Court said.
Utah Supreme Court building SALT LAKE CITY – A golden rule when filing a lawsuit would surely be not to insult the judiciary in the process. Petitioners in a case ruled on Friday in the Utah Supreme Court have yet to figure this one out.
