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· 9/20/1983

Cady v. Johnson

Citations

  • 671 P.2d 149
  • 1983 Utah LEXIS 1162

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that the trial court must find the claim to lack merit and that plaintiffs’ conduct in bringing suit was lacking in good faith
  • explaining that the terms “bad faith” and “lack of good faith,” for the purposes of section 78-27-56, are synonymous
  • holding ill-formed belief in claim does not prove bad faith
  • holding ill-formed belief in claim does not prove bad faith
  • even though adequate legal research would have demonstrated action was frivolous, failure to do research does not constitute a lack of good faith; lack of good faith for purposes of § 78-27-56 turns on subjective intent
  • son apparently acting under his mother's oral authorization

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Judges: Howe, Hall, Stewart, Oaks, Durham

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