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(Moab, UT)  --  The family of Gabby Petito is suing the City of Moab Police Department over her death.  The 22-year-old was interviewed by Moab Police after fighting with her boyfriend last summer, two weeks before she was murdered on a cross-country trip. Today, attorn...

(Salt Lake City, UT)  --  Independent U.S. Senate candidate Evan McMullin is taking an unusual step to try to stop TV stations from airing an ad that he calls misleading.  McMullin sued the stations airing the ad yesterday.  He also sued the Club For Growth political action committee, the group that paid for the ad.  McMullin said las...

(St. George, UT)  --  The family of a Santa Clara little leaguer is filing a lawsuit following a severe head injury he suffered in a fall from a bunk bed before the Little League World Series last month.  Reports indicate that the family of 12-year-old Easton Oliverson has filed the suit in Pennsylvania against Little League Baseball, Incorporated and the bunk bed maker.  The suit cla...

(Moab, UT) -- Officials in Moab, Utah, are offering no comment on the announcement of a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of Gabby Petito. The Moab Police Department and the City of Moab both declined comment yesterday citing pending litigation...

A Utah company that makes protein bars is being sued by a former employee after reportedly telling employees not to talk about COVID-19 at work.  Attorney Mark Carlson says his client is suing Built Bar because the company put employees at risk by not following coronavirus health guidelines. Vic... Read More ... Read More ...

The ACLU has dropped its lawsuit against county jails in Utah over the coronavirus, but will still go after the Utah Department of Corrections.  In a brief to the Utah Supreme Court, the ACLU says the county jails are taking adequate measure to prevent outbreaks at their facilities and to reduce inmate populations.  ...

The parents of a University of Utah student who was shot and killed in 2018 are ready to file another multi-million-dollar lawsuit against the school.  The attorney for Matt and Jill McCluskey had planned to file a 56-million-dollar wrongful death suit against the university today.  ...

Jan Garbett has ended her legal battle to get onto the ballot for the Republican primary in the governor's race.  Recently, Garbett took her case to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic cut the time she needed to gather signatures.  ...

A group that had their bid for a referendum on tax reform rejected by election officials can proceed with a lawsuit against the state of Utah.  A U.S. District Court judge denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the group The People's Right during a hearing yesterday.  ...

Utah is facing a whistleblower lawsuit, accusing the state of bilking the federal government out of more than 50-million dollars in grant money. The lawsuit filed by a prison inmate specifically names the Utah Attorney General's Office, the Department of Public Safety and three other state agencies...