Utah appellate courts will affirm dismissal denials where governmental entities substantially comply with eminent domain notice and disclosure requirements even when administrative errors occur.
Courts must issue permanent criminal stalking injunctions upon conviction for attempted stalking, and failure to do so creates an illegal sentence that can be corrected years later.
The Court of Appeals affirmed convictions where counsel’s failure to raise a statute of limitations defense could have been a reasonable tactical decision to provide lesser charge alternatives to more serious felonies.
Utah’s statutory double jeopardy protections have specific requirements for what constitutes a termination of prosecution, requiring that termination occur after a jury is impaneled or witness sworn.
The Utah Supreme Court limited the scope of Pugmire, holding that employer-employee liability waivers are void as against public policy only for work-related injuries, not injuries occurring outside of employment.
Utah’s workers’ compensation statute requires employers seeking to offset third-party recoveries against future benefits to pay their proportionate share of litigation expenses based on both past and future compensation obligations.
Lotus Appellate Law handles appeals throughout Utah, serving clients in all counties and courts across the state including:
