Latest Utah Headlines
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Utah Worker Claims Wrongful Firing After Cat’s Survival
Sep 27 2012 // A woman who worked at West Valley Animal Shelter in Utah has claimed she was wrongfully fired after news broke about a cat surviving two euthanasia attempts. Karen Bird filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court saying...
Judges Tout Wikipedia in ‘Jet Ski’ Exclusion Ambiguity
Sep 24 2012 // A Utah Court of Appeals ruled the term “jet ski” to be ambiguous as an exclusion in a homeowners’ policy, and to back up its decision the court used as a reference the popular reference website Wikipedia,...
Utility Hit With Lawsuit Over Utah Wildfire
Sep 13 2012 // Nearly 100 property owners are suing Rocky Mountain Power and blaming the utility for one of Utah’s largest wildfires this year. The Wood Hollow Fire destroyed 52 cabins or houses in central Utah and left one man...
Utah Company Prevails In Blender Patent Dispute
Sep 12 2012 // A Utah company known for its “Will it Blend” YouTube videos has been awarded millions in a suit claiming a company ripped off its unique blender design. The Daily Herald of Provo reported the U.S. Court of...
Fire Restrictions Lifted on Most Utah Land Statewide
Sep 10 2012 // Many of the season’s fire restrictions across Utah have been lifted as officials say cooler temperatures and higher moisture levels are lessening the risk of wildfires. State fire managers lifted the 2012...
Investigators: Falling Boulder Sparked Utah Fire
Aug 30 2012 // Investigators say a Utah wildfire that burned more than 800 acres in Emery County was sparked when one massive boulder hit another. Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands spokesman Jason Curry called the...
Judges Tout Wikipedia in ‘Jet Ski’ Exclusion Ambiguity
Aug 27 2012 // A Utah Court of Appeals ruled the term “jet ski” to be ambiguous as exclusion in a homeowners’ policy, and to back up its decision the court used as a reference the popular reference website Wikipedia,...
Price Tag For Fighting Utah Wildfires Up To $50M
Aug 16 2012 // State officials say it’s cost $50 million to fight wildfires in Utah this season, and that number is expected to keep climbing. Department of Natural Resources chief Michael Styler told lawmakers Tuesday that more...
Utah Says Energy Giant Falsified $25M in Claims
Jul 23 2012 // Petroleum giant ConocoPhillips filed $25 million in false insurance claims over 14 years for cleanup of leaky underground storage tanks, a state lawsuit charged. The lawsuit filed earlier this month in 3rd District Court...
Motorcycle Registration Up 20,000 In Utah
Jul 16 2012 // A state agency reports more than 20,000 additional motorcycles have been registered in Utah this year. The Utah Highway Safety Office reports more than 90,000 motorcycles have been registered in the state. The number is...
Utah Says Energy Giant Falsified $25M in Claims
Jul 13 2012 // Petroleum giant ConocoPhillips filed $25 million in false insurance claims over 14 years for cleanup of leaky underground storage tanks, a state lawsuit charged. The lawsuit filed earlier this week in 3rd District Court...
NV Couple Sues Boy Scouts Over Son’s UT Drowning
Jun 18 2012 // A Las Vegas couple has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America over the July 2011 drowning of their 12-year-old son during a camp program in northern Utah. Christopher and Sherry Tuvell, in their...
Utah Officials Cite High Fire Danger
Jun 15 2012 // Extremely dry conditions have prompted Utah officials to implement a series of fire restrictions aimed at preventing wildfires. Federal officials from the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fish and...
Atlas Expands Commercial Auto Insurance Underwriting to Utah
Jun 7 2012 // Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc.has started selling its core commercial automobile insurance products in Utah, becoming the 31st state where Atlas is actively underwriting. Atlas’ insurance subsidiaries, American...
Utah Insurance Agent Barred from Business in North Dakota
May 22 2012 // A Utah insurance agent has been ordered to stop doing business in North Dakota. State Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says Bart Winterton of Vernal, Utah, operated as an insurance producer without being licensed in North...
Utah Joins E-Book Price Fixing Lawsuit
May 15 2012 // The state of Utah has joined an antitrust lawsuit accusing publishers of fixing e-book prices. The Utah Attorney General’s Office says Utah has joined 29 other states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia in...
Utah Counties Sue BLM Over Road Dispute
May 7 2012 // State officials say 10 Utah counties have sued the federal government over title to thousands of miles of roads that cross public land in the state, and 12 more counties are expected to follow suit next week. Utah Chief...
New Mexico Widow Sues Utah Crematory, Claims Ashes Mix-Up
Apr 27 2012 // A New Mexico widow whose husband was killed in a 2009 plane crash is suing a Utah crematory and funeral home after she says they gave her the wrong person’s ashes. Marilynn Flynn of Alamogordo has filed a federal...
Defense Contractor Settles Complaint For $36.9M
Apr 25 2012 // Defense contractor ATK Launch Systems Inc. has agreed to pay $36.9 million in cash and services to settle a whistleblower’s complaint alleging the Utah-based company sold the military dangerous and defective...
Utah: 750K More Victims In Health Dept Data Breach
Apr 11 2012 // An additional 750,000 people had their personal information stolen by hackers, state health officials said this week after discovering that the thieves downloaded thousands more files of data than authorities initially...
