All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 30 2012 // Utah Medical Insurance Association, a provider of medical professional liability insurance for physicians, and The Doctors Co., an insurer of physician and surgeon medical professional liability, have entered into a merger...
Oct 26 2012 // A family can’t bring damage claims in New Mexico against an out-of-state funeral home that placed a relative’s brain in a casket with an embalmed body shipped to New Mexico, the state Court of Appeals ruled...
Oct 9 2012 // At the request of a youth group, a Republican Utah lawmaker plans to address concerns about climate change in a bill dealing with wildfires.State Rep. Kraig Powell of Heber City has requested the drafting of legislation...
Sep 27 2012 // A woman who worked at West Valley Animal Shelter in Utah has claimed she was wrongfully fired after news broke about a cat surviving two euthanasia attempts.Karen Bird filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court saying...
Sep 24 2012 // A Utah Court of Appeals ruled the term “jet ski” to be ambiguous as an exclusion in a homeowners’ policy, and to back up its decision the court used as a reference the popular reference website Wikipedia,...
Sep 13 2012 // Nearly 100 property owners are suing Rocky Mountain Power and blaming the utility for one of Utah’s largest wildfires this year.The Wood Hollow Fire destroyed 52 cabins or houses in central Utah and left one man dead...
Sep 12 2012 // A Utah company known for its “Will it Blend” YouTube videos has been awarded millions in a suit claiming a company ripped off its unique blender design. The Daily Herald of Provo reported the U.S. Court of...
Sep 10 2012 // Many of the season’s fire restrictions across Utah have been lifted as officials say cooler temperatures and higher moisture levels are lessening the risk of wildfires.State fire managers lifted the 2012...
Aug 30 2012 // Investigators say a Utah wildfire that burned more than 800 acres in Emery County was sparked when one massive boulder hit another.Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands spokesman Jason Curry called the conclusion...
Aug 27 2012 // A Utah Court of Appeals ruled the term “jet ski” to be ambiguous as exclusion in a homeowners’ policy, and to back up its decision the court used as a reference the popular reference website Wikipedia,...
Aug 16 2012 // State officials say it’s cost $50 million to fight wildfires in Utah this season, and that number is expected to keep climbing. Department of Natural Resources chief Michael Styler told lawmakers Tuesday that more...
Jul 23 2012 // Petroleum giant ConocoPhillips filed $25 million in false insurance claims over 14 years for cleanup of leaky underground storage tanks, a state lawsuit charged.The lawsuit filed earlier this month in 3rd District Court...
Jul 16 2012 // A state agency reports more than 20,000 additional motorcycles have been registered in Utah this year.The Utah Highway Safety Office reports more than 90,000 motorcycles have been registered in the state. The number is...
Jul 13 2012 // Petroleum giant ConocoPhillips filed $25 million in false insurance claims over 14 years for cleanup of leaky underground storage tanks, a state lawsuit charged.The lawsuit filed earlier this week in 3rd District Court...
Jun 18 2012 // A Las Vegas couple has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America over the July 2011 drowning of their 12-year-old son during a camp program in northern Utah.Christopher and Sherry Tuvell, in their...
Jun 15 2012 // Extremely dry conditions have prompted Utah officials to implement a series of fire restrictions aimed at preventing wildfires.Federal officials from the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fish and...
Jun 7 2012 // Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc.has started selling its core commercial automobile insurance products in Utah, becoming the 31st state where Atlas is actively underwriting. Atlas’ insurance subsidiaries, American...
May 22 2012 // A Utah insurance agent has been ordered to stop doing business in North Dakota. State Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says Bart Winterton of Vernal, Utah, operated as an insurance producer without being licensed in North...
May 15 2012 // The state of Utah has joined an antitrust lawsuit accusing publishers of fixing e-book prices.The Utah Attorney General’s Office says Utah has joined 29 other states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia in...
May 7 2012 // State officials say 10 Utah counties have sued the federal government over title to thousands of miles of roads that cross public land in the state, and 12 more counties are expected to follow suit next week.Utah Chief...