Latest Utah Headlines
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Utah Comic Con Believes Long Trademark Dispute Coming to End
Dec 1 2015 // The organizers of Salt Lake Comic Con said they have made inroads in a name-trademark dispute that all hinges on a hyphen. Bryan Brandenburg, co-founder of the Utah convention , said last week organizers recently met with...
Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
Dec 1 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry. The...
Utah Man Sues College Over Same-Sex Marriage Discrimination
Nov 24 2015 // A Utah man says the college where he worked discriminated against him because he was in a same-sex marriage, denying the couple benefits and forcing him out of a job. Dustin Kennedy said in a new federal lawsuit that an...
Technology to Improve Truckers Safety Tested in Utah
Nov 23 2015 // Utah is test-driving new technology that could improve safety and fuel efficiency for big-rig truckers. The Utah Department of Transportation started conducting field tests last week of a vehicle-to-vehicle communication...
UT Dallas Recruits Industry Execs for Risk, Insurance Advisory Group
Nov 18 2015 // Debra Richardson, director of a new University of Texas at Dallas concentration in risk management and insurance (RMI), plans to have students in that area equipped to fill some of 400,000 industry vacancies anticipated by...
Number of Deaths from Drunken Driving Nearly Doubled in Utah
Nov 2 2015 // The number of people who have died in Utah as a result of drunken driving nearly doubled last year, hitting the highest number in more than a decade. Alcohol-related traffic deaths increased from 23 to 45, according to an...
Concklin Named Field Rep for Berkshire Hathaway GUARD in Colorado, Utah
Oct 28 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Cos. recently added Mark Concklin as a senior field representative to promote targeted growth in Colorado and Utah. Concklin is responsible for identifying prospects for appointments...
Number of Deaths from Drunken Driving Nearly Doubled in Utah
Oct 27 2015 // The number of people who have died in Utah as a result of drunken driving nearly doubled last year, hitting the highest number in more than a decade. Alcohol-related traffic deaths increased from 23 to 45, according to an...
Alleged Oktoberfest Beating Prompts Utah Family to Sue Snowbird
Oct 1 2015 // A Utah family who says they were beaten by a crowd of drunken revelers at Snowbird’s Oktoberfest is suing the ski resort. The lawsuit filed Monday says that Snowbird doesn’t do enough to control the alcohol at...
Report Shows Higher Smoking, Drinking Among Utah Construction Workers
Sep 23 2015 // Utah residents who work in construction and manufacturing are more likely to smoke and binge drink than workers in other industries, according to a new report from Utah’s Department of Health. The data is based on a...
Wrongful Death Verdict Against Utah Doctor Overturned Court
Aug 14 2015 // A wrongful death case against a former doctor will have a new trial after the Utah Supreme Court overturned the $3 million verdict. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the Supreme Court ruled this week that Paul Ray...
Utah Court Tosses $3M Verdict in Prescription Drug Overdose Suit
Aug 14 2015 // The Utah Supreme Court has overturned a $3 million verdict in a wrongful death suit against a doctor accused of prescribing a lethal amount of prescription drugs. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the high court ruled...
Utah City’s Basements Flood After Large Reservoir Leak
Aug 12 2015 // Residents of Ogden, Utah have been facing flooded basements since June, but the area-irrigation water supplier may have found the problem: a leak in a nearby reservoir. The Standard-Examiner reported that the general...
Utah Comic Con Granted Trademark Amid Legal Battle
Aug 3 2015 // The organizers of a Utah comic book convention have been granted a trademark for Salt Lake Comic Con amid a legal battle with the country’s biggest such event in San Diego. Salt Lake City co-founder Bryan Brandenburg...
Utah Comic Con Granted Trademark Amid Legal Battle
Jul 27 2015 // The organizers of a Utah comic-book convention have been granted a trademark for Salt Lake Comic Con amid a legal battle with the country’s biggest such event in San Diego. Salt Lake City co-founder Bryan Brandenburg...
Utah Agent Sentenced to Prison and $1.3M in Restitution
Jul 20 2015 // Utah insurance agent Brent Hilton was sentenced to serve one to 15 years in prison and has been taken into custody from the Third District Court in West Jordan. Hilton in July pled guilty to one count of a pattern of...
Thousands of Utahans Nailed for Violating New Seat Belt Law
Jul 20 2015 // Thousands of motorists have been cited since a tougher Utah seat belt law went into effect nearly two months ago, state transportation officials said. More than 6,000 drivers have been caught not wearing seat belts since...
Utah Agent Sentenced to Prison and $1.3M in Restitution
Jul 8 2015 // Utah insurance agent Brent Hilton was sentenced to serve one to 15 years in prison and has been taken into custody from the Third District Court in West Jordan. Hilton pled guilty to one count of pattern of unlawful...
Utah Officials Use Playful Highway Signs to Encourage Safe Driving
Jul 8 2015 // Utah state transportation officials are employing playful messages on highway digital signs in the latest attempt to encourage safe driving. The Standard-Examiner newspaper in Ogden reported that the signs say things such...
Thousands of Utahans Nailed for Violating New Seat Belt Law
Jul 7 2015 // Thousands of motorists have been cited since a tougher Utah seat belt law went into effect nearly two months ago, state transportation officials said. More than 6,000 drivers have been caught not wearing seat belts since...
