All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 18 2018 // A Utah driver turned on the semi-autonomous functions of her Tesla vehicle and then didn’t touch the steering wheel again for 80 seconds before slamming into a firetruck stopped at a red light last week, a summary of...
May 15 2018 // Police are investigating whether a Tesla sedan’s semi-autonomous Autopilot feature was engaged when it rear-ended a fire department truck in Utah.The Tesla Model S crashed into the truck at 60 mph apparently without...
May 14 2018 // A Tesla sedan with a semi-autonomous Autopilot feature has rear-ended a fire department truck at 60 mph apparently without braking before impact, but police say it’s unknown if the Autopilot feature was engaged.The...
Apr 30 2018 // Leavitt Group Insurance Agency of Vernal, Utah has added Tyson Hancock as an insurance agent. Hancock specializes in commercial insurance in the oil, gas, and agriculture industries as well as insurance for individuals and...
Apr 16 2018 // Despite safety concerns, a recreational ax-throwing venue in Salt Lake City, Utah, has been approved for a license to serve beer.The state liquor commission approved Social Axe Throwing’s request for a recreational...
Apr 12 2018 // A Utah family who sued the Boy Scouts of America for policies they claimed discriminated against their son with Down syndrome has withdrawn the lawsuit after the organization said it would help the boy earn his Eagle Scout...
Apr 6 2018 // Two Utah construction companies have agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a whistleblower’s lawsuit alleging abuse of a federal program that helps small businesses.The U.S. Attorney’s Office says the Salt Lake...
Apr 2 2018 // Despite safety concerns, a recreational ax-throwing venue in Salt Lake City, Utah has been approved for a license to serve beer.The state liquor commission approved Social Axe Throwing’s request for a recreational...
Apr 2 2018 // A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by owners of a Utah Subway shop where a worker was wrongly accused of drugging a police officer’s drink.U.S. District Judge Dee Benson ruled that police in Layton did...
Mar 23 2018 // A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by owners of a Utah Subway shop where a worker was wrongly accused of drugging a police officer’s drink.U.S. District Judge Dee Benson ruled that police in Layton did...
Mar 23 2018 // Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed a bill allowing terminally ill people to use certain forms of marijuana. Herbert’s office announced Wednesday that he signed the measure allowing people to use the drug if a doctor...
Mar 22 2018 // Officials of a northern Utah county are suing drug manufacturers, distributors and doctors in an effort to mitigate the consequences of the nation’s opioid crisis.Summit County has filed a lawsuit in state district...
Mar 22 2018 // Five women claimed in a lawsuit that the city of Provo, Utah and former Mayor John Curtis failed to take action to protect them from alleged sexual harassment and assault by the city’s former police chief.The city...
Mar 21 2018 // The father of a boy who has Down syndrome is suing the Boys Scouts of America for blocking his son from becoming an Eagle scout and revoking his merit badges.Logan Blythe has been a scout through the National Parks Council...
Mar 13 2018 // Utah police say a Lyft driver has died after being ejected from the vehicle in a rollover accident east of Saltair.They have identified the man as 26-year-old Aaron Roll of Holladay. Unified Police say Roll was thrown from...
Mar 6 2018 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Sandy, Utah-based Spectra Management LLC.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Brent Bennett, president and CEO of Spectra, will continue to lead Spectra operations.Spectra...
Mar 5 2018 // All 15 surplus lines service offices across the United States experienced increases in excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance premium in 2017, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reports. U.S. surplus...
Feb 19 2018 // All 15 surplus lines service offices across the United States experienced increases in excess and surplus lines insurance premium in 2017, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas reported. U.S. surplus line premium...
Feb 19 2018 // As the economy continues to improve, insurance agencies are finding that hiring and retaining qualified employees, which is never easy, has become even more of a challenge. It’s become tougher even though salaries at...
Feb 19 2018 // All 15 surplus lines service offices across the United States experienced increases in excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance premium in 2017, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reports. U.S. surplus...