Alta Industries, Ltd. v. Hurst

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “an appellate court does not, as a matter of course, resolve all conflicts in the evidence in favor of the appellee” when findings were made by a judge
• stating that civil conspiracy claims can be established using the five factors established in Israel Pagan Estate v. Cannon, 746 P.2d 785, 790 (Utah Ct.App.1987)
• explaining that “[p]ersons injured by criminal conduct generally have civil remedies available to them” and that conversion is theft’s civil analog
• stating that \statutes are interpreted to avoid absurd results\ (citation omitted)
• noting \the law allows a plaintiff to maximize recovery and thus prevent a converter from profiting from wrongful acts\
• noting “the law allows a plaintiff to maximize recovery and thus prevent a converter from profiting from wrongful acts”

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