Utah Supreme Court News

Utah Supreme Ct. Rejects Employer’s Bid to Recoup WC Benefits from Settlement with Debt Collectors

Special education teacher Robyn Young had to fight the Granite School District for benefits after she suffered a concussion and mental injuries at the hands of her students. Then she was hounded by debt collectors who demanded that she pay …

Utah Supreme: Appearance of Conflict Enough to Disqualify Medical Evaluator

Workers’ compensation claimants don’t have to prove that the physicians appointed to resolve medical disputes have an “actual bias” — the mere appearance of a conflict of interest is enough to disqualify them from evaluating a claim, the Utah Supreme …

Court Asks if Exclusive Remedy Exception Applies to ‘Intentional’ Lead Poisoning

Utah workers are allowed to sue their employers for an injury caused by their employer’s intentional act. That exception to the exclusive remedy of the state Workers’ Compensation Act was carved out by a state supreme court decision in 1975. …

Utah Supreme Court Finds No Liability for IME Whose Opinion Delayed Benefits

An independent medical examiner owed no duty of care to an injured worker who alleged that his workers’ compensation claim was delayed because of the doctor’s alleged “misrepresentation,” the Utah Supreme Court ruled. The high court on Thursday affirmed a …

How to Sue Yourself and Win

The new American horror film “Split”, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, recently in theaters, is a psychological thriller which centers on a bizarre antagonist with 23 separate personalities. Without spoiling the plot, suffice it to say that it focuses on …

Top Utah Court OKs Lawsuit in Teen’s Chase Death

The parents of a teenager who died during a 2010 police pursuit can sue the Weber County deputy who was chasing their son, but not the county itself, the Utah Supreme Court ruled in what lawyers said Wednesday was a …