Cases — July 11th through 17th, 2021

Miscellaneous

Sheppard v. Geneva Rock (Utah, July 15, 2021) (reversing the district court’s grant of Geneva Rock‘s motion in limine excluding, as irrelevant, all liability evidence, and holding as error the court’s exclusion of Geneva Rock‘s employment practices: that evidence was still relevant after Geneva Rock had admitted liability)

Public Emloyers ~ Employees

Ramon v. Nebo School District (Utah, July 15 2021) (reversing dismissal of Ramon’s negligent employment claim and rejecting the bright-line approach of some other jurisdictions barring negligent employment claims when an employer admits financial responsibility for its employee’s liability)

*Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.