SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah autism researcher who accused college administrators of retaliating against her for raising concerns about data privacy has been awarded an additional $217,000 by a federal judge. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that the judge decided April 25 that Judith Zimmerman […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The city of Ogden has been dropped from a federal lawsuit over a man’s death in the Weber County Jail. The Standard-Examiner reported Monday that court papers filed last week indicate the city and an Ogden police officer were dismissed as defendants. Litigation against Weber County […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Conservation groups sued the U.S. government Thursday over a new agreement that will allow Utah to take water from the Flaming Gorge Dam. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation didn’t properly assess the effects on water levels, endangered fishes and recreation on the Green River in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Actress Gwyneth Paltrow denied Wednesday that she skied into a man who accused her in a lawsuit of seriously injuring him at a Utah ski resort, alleging in a counter claim that the man actually plowed into her from behind and delivered a full “body […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing actress Gwyneth Paltrow of seriously injuring him during ski crash at a Park City resort in 2016. Retired doctor Terry Sanderson said in the lawsuit that Paltrow was skiing out of control and smashed into him from […]
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — Twenty investors who lost money in a Utah coin dealer’s alleged silver Ponzi scheme have sued Zions Bank. The investors are involved in a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday, claiming the bank “aided and abetted” and “perpetuated” an alleged Ponzi scheme involving Rust Rare Coin Inc. […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a utility company filed by the widow of a state trooper killed after trying to alert a driver to a downed power line. The Herald Journal reports Janica Ellsworth sued Rocky Mountain Power earlier this year, claiming the death of […]
DENVER (AP) — Environmental groups have asked a judge to overturn the sale of drilling rights on public land in Colorado and Utah, saying the Trump administration didn’t consider the potential threat to public health and the environment. A lawsuit filed Thursday in Denver federal court seeks to reverse oil […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The parents of a Utah teenager who died of an overdose in 2016 are suing the now-defunct online illicit market where the drug that killed their son was purchased. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the parents of Grant Seaver filed the federal lawsuit Friday. Seaver’s parents, James […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man is suing McDonald’s alleging that an employee spiked his Diet Coke with a heroin substitute. The 33-year-old Trevor Walker says he was with his three young sons in August 2016 when he suddenly lost control of his arms and legs and had […]
