All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 15 2013 // An Ogden man accused of killing a police officer during a drug raid at his home is suing his insurance company over its rejection of his homeowner’s damage claim stemming from the shootout.Matthew Stewart, in his...
Jan 8 2013 // License plate scanners in widespread use by law enforcement agencies hold the potential for misuse by divorce lawyers or police who use information on a motorist’s whereabouts as fodder for an “interrogation...
Dec 31 2012 // A settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of an Arizona man who died in 2009 after a southern Utah police officer shocked him with a Taser, lawyers for both sides said.The parties...
Dec 26 2012 // The federal government is offering more than $1 million to help cover damage caused by flooding earlier this year in Southern Utah.Officials estimate that floodwaters from a broken dike caused damages of at least $2.8...
Dec 20 2012 // The Utah Insurance Department’s fraud division has filed criminal charges against former insurance agent Stewart Ian Rodgers.Rodgers has been operating under the name “SIR Insurance Group Online.” The...
Dec 17 2012 // Chevron Corp. has paid Utah $1.8 million in a settlement reached after the state claimed the oil company collected money from a cleanup fund meant only for firms without insurance, state officials said .Chevron...
Dec 17 2012 // A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Utah Highway Patrol over alleged wrongful arrests for driving under the influence.Three attorneys filed the complaint Friday in 3rd District Court on behalf of what they...
Dec 12 2012 // Utah Gov. Gary Herbert asked President Barack Obama on Tuesday for help getting the state’s small-business health insurance marketplace approved as good enough for Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
Dec 11 2012 // A former Brigham City, Utah police officer is suing the city after being fired over alleged off-hours contact with a female officer he was training.Ronnie Aldridge, in his lawsuit filed in October in 1st District Court,...
Dec 6 2012 // Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is suing oil giant BP Amoco for collecting state money to clean up spills from leaky storage tanks under service stations.Shurtleff says BP had its own insurance policies for cleanups...
Dec 4 2012 // More people in the workforce are claiming discrimination over their English-speaking ability or foreign accents, according to federal officials.Workplace discrimination complaints based on national origin — which often...
Dec 3 2012 // A Washington City, Utah woman injured when a panel fell from the ceiling of a St. George carousel is suing for more than $300,000 in damages. A lawsuit claims Linda Williamson suffered head, neck, eye and back injuries...
Nov 30 2012 // A Utah truck driver alleges FedEx fired him because of his Russian accent, even though he offered to appear before corporate higher-ups to demonstrate his English-speaking abilities.Ismail Aliyev has filed a federal...
Nov 19 2012 // Hub International, RaintreeHub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Raintree Insurance Agency Inc., a San Bernardino, Calif.-based insurance brokerage firm. Raintree will become part of the California operations of...
Nov 14 2012 // A weekend snowstorm that dropped as much as 18 inches of snow on the Wasatch Front is being blamed for more than 100 car accidents. The Utah Highway Patrol reported 117 property damage crashes in Salt Lake, Utah, Davis and...
Nov 13 2012 // A Washington City, Utah woman injured when a panel fell from the ceiling of a St. George carousel is suing for more than $300,000 in damages. A lawsuit filed this week claims Linda Williamson suffered head, neck, eye and...
Nov 8 2012 // A former associate dean at a for-profit college’s Ogden, Utah campus has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit, claiming repeated, unwelcome sexual advances occurred on a business trip in Las Vegas.Lee Berger, in her...
Nov 5 2012 // President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration over the weekend for southern Utah areas hit by a severe storm and flooding in September.Obama declared a major disaster exists in the region and ordered federal aid to...
Nov 2 2012 // An eastern Utah man faces charges after allegedly texting and driving when he hit and killed teenager in Vernal.Charges have been filed against 28-year-old Jensen resident Jeffery Bascom after the deadly crash the night of...
Oct 30 2012 // High demand for native plant seeds in Nevada and Utah is pushing up the price and leaving short supplies following an extreme wildfire year that burned millions of acres nationally. In the Great Basin of Nevada and Utah,...