Utah Personal Injury Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Utah or Court of Appeals of Utah where the terms personal injury or related terms have been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily personal injury and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions personal injury related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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HIRPA v. IHC HOSPITALS - 11/14/1997
The issues before this court are two questions of state law certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. They are:
(1) Whether physicians employed by a hospital and responding to in-hospital emergency...
MCDOUGAL v. WEED - 9/18/1997
Plaintiff, Vaughan L. McDougal, appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Thomas S. Weed. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
On December 11, 1991, McDougal was injured in a skiing accident. He went to the...
SMITH v. MITY LITE - 6/5/1997
Petitioner Robert Smith seeks review of an Industrial Commission order denying him permanent total disability workers' compensation benefits for an industrial accident. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
BACKGROUND ...
STEPHENS v. BONNEVILLE TRAVEL - 3/28/1997
Plaintiffs Wayne and Suzanne Stephens and Ralph and Eileen Siebert appeal from the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Bonneville Travel, Inc., dba Beehive Business and Leisure Travel ("Beehive"), based on the...
DALTON v. HEROLD - 3/7/1997
ON CERTIORARI TO THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS
We granted certiorari to review an unpublished decision of the court of appeals reversing an additur that the trial court had granted after determining that a jury award of personal...
LOPEZ v. UNION PACIFIC R. CO. - 2/25/1997
Plaintiff Esteban G. Lopez appeals from the trial court's grant of summary judgment dismissing his personal injury action against defendant Union Pacific Railroad Co. on the ground that Utah Code Ann. ยง 56-1-18.5 (1994) bars his...
AMERICAN TOWERS OWNERS v. CCI MECHANICAL - 12/20/1996
Plaintiff American Towers Owners Association, Inc. (the Association), brought this action against numerous defendants, alleging design and construction defects in the plumbing and mechanical systems of a large condominium complex. The...
HOUSE v. ARMOUR OF AMERICA - 12/13/1996
ON CERTIORARI TO THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS
We granted certiorari in this products liability case to review the Utah Court of Appeals' decision in House v. Armour of America, Inc., 886 P.2d 542 (Ct.App. 1994), cert. granted, 899...
TANASSE v. SNOW - 12/12/1996
Plaintiff James A. Tanasse appeals the trial court's postjudgment order dismissing his motion to set aside an execution sale of his cause of action against defendant law firm. The law firm was the only bidder at the sale and purchased...
AMERICAN NAT. FIRE v. FARMERS INS. - 11/19/1996
Farmers Insurance Exchange (Farmers) appeals from the trial court's declaratory judgment in favor of American National Fire Insurance Company (National), ruling that Utah law applies to invalidate a step-down provision limiting...
BANSANINE v. BODELL - 11/15/1996
Plaintiff Somchay Bansasine, as guardian for P.K., appeals the trial court's summary judgment dismissing her negligence claim against defendant Lang Rajsavong. Specifically, Bansasine claims a reasonable juror could find that...
MORENO v. BD. OF EDUC. OF JORDAN SCHOOL - 11/8/1996
Laura Bartlett appeals from the trial court's denial of her motion to intervene in the action for wrongful death of her minor son Bill Bartlett, brought by her son's legal custodians and guardians, Julie and Emilio Moreno, against the...
BURNS v. SUMMERHAYS - 10/31/1996
Victor Lawrence appeals the trial court's ruling finding him liable to Brian D. Burns for disbursing personal injury settlement proceeds in disregard of Burns's assignment and lien on a portion of the proceeds. We affirm. ...
PETERSON v. UTAH FARM BUREAU INS. CO. - 10/31/1996
Billie Peterson appeals a trial court order granting Utah Farm Bureau Insurance Company's (Farm Bureau) summary judgment motion. We affirm.
FACTS
On September 6, 1993, Peterson was riding in a truck owned and operated by...
SOSA v. PAULOS - 9/20/1996
Plaintiff Doncene Sosa signed a document entitled "Physician-patient Arbitration Agreement" shortly before undergoing knee surgery performed by defendant Lonnie Paulos, an orthopedic surgeon. After she filed a civil suit for...
S.H. BY AND THROUGH ROBINSON v. BISTRYSKI - 9/10/1996
S.H., a minor, by and through her mother Ramona Robinson, appeals from a jury verdict and judgment finding Robinson 88% at fault and Joseph Bistryski 12% at fault for the injuries suffered by S.H. as a result of her encounter with...
MATTER OF ESTATE OF SIMS - 5/16/1996
Neil Mitchell appeals the trial court's entry of summary judgment in favor of Marjorie Sims's estate. Lynda Wood cross-appeals. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
BACKGROUND
Grant and Marjorie Sims enjoyed a long...
WALKER v. U.S. GENERAL - 5/2/1996
Plaintiff Lester Walker appeals from a summary judgment barring his personal injury action against defendant U.S. General, Inc. (General), under the exclusive remedy provision of the Utah Workers' Compensation Act (the Act),...
BERENDA v. LANGFORD - 3/25/1996
Timothy Berenda, Roger Whitehouse, Anthony Thomas, and American Technology and Equipment Corporation International, Ltd. ("Amtec"), appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants Gordon B. Langford and other...
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