All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 5 2013 // MMIC, a large Midwest medical professional liability firm, has entered into an agreement to acquire Utah Medical Insurance Association, a provider of medical professional liability insurance for physicians in Utah,...
Feb 5 2013 // Former insurance agent Mitch Kelling has pled guilty to insurance fraud. Kelling plead guilty to felony charges in Utah Seventh District Court on Jan. 29. Kelling had been operating under the name “Kelling...
Jan 29 2013 // As Illinois becomes the fourth and most populous U.S. state to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, nagging concerns remain about whether there are enough safeguards to avoid the identity fraud and other...
Jan 28 2013 // A former Utah high school student has received $100,000 in a settlement related to his claims that he was racially abused by fellow students that included members of white supremacist group.Anthony Armstrong, a biracial...
Jan 28 2013 // A 28-year-old Utah man has been ordered to stand trial for automobile homicide after police say he was texting while driving when he struck and killed a teenage pedestrian. Jeffrey Lloyd Bascom of Jensen faces a felony...
Jan 16 2013 // Safer roads and more traffic enforcement have helped reduce traffic fatalities in Utah to their lowest level in more than 50 years.The Utah Department of Transportation said traffic accidents claimed 215 lives last year, a...
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...