Mounteer v. Utah Power & Light Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that \[c]ommon law rules of agency and respondeat superior\ govern an employer's liability for the alleged defamatory statements of an employee who was not named as a defendant
• providing that a claim for negligent infliction of emotion distress claim “would clearly come within the purview of the [Utah] Workers’ Compensation Act”
• ruling on rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim
• holding tort claims to recover for damage to reputation are not preempted by the UWCA, even if caused in the course of employment, because the UWCA does not compensate reputational injuries
• stating that “[u]nless plaintiff can prove that [the employer] intended or directed [the harasser’s actions], his damages arising from any emotional distress can be compensated only under the workers’ compensation scheme”
• barring a claim for emotional distress while permitting a slander claim because slander does not require proof of mental or physical injury

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Cited by

23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Retherford v. AT & T Communications of the Mountain States, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1992-12-09· cited 135×
• Adams v. Nat'l Bank of Detroit
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1993-09-29· cited 36×
• Helf v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 2009-02-13· cited 32×
• Prows v. Pinpoint Retail Systems, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1993-12-23· cited 31×
• SHATTUCK OWEN v. Snowbird Corp.
  Utah Supreme Court· 2000-12-05· cited 27×
• Nassa v. Hook-SupeRx, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2002-02-15· cited 25×
• Savage v. Educators Insurance Co.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1995-11-30· cited 20×
• Stokes v. Board of Review of Industrial Commission
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1992-04-22· cited 14×
• Sheppick v. Albertson's, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1996-08-13· cited 13×
• Brown v. Weis
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1994-03-11· cited 13×
• Giddings v. Utah Transit Authority
  D. Utah· 2015-05-13· cited 13×
• Stokes v. Flanders
  Utah Supreme Court· 1998-11-10· cited 11×
• Wright v. University of Utah
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1994-05-06· cited 10×
• Matthews v. Kennecott Utah Copper Corp.
  D. Utah· 1999-05-26· cited 10×
• Gunderson v. May Department Stores Co.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1998-03-19· cited 8×
• Coombs v. Juice Works Development, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2003-11-14· cited 7×
• Hamilton v. Parkdale Care Center, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1995-10-12· cited 6×
• Newsome v. McKesson Corp.
  D. Utah· 1996-07-30· cited 4×
• Thomas v. National Semiconductor, Inc.
  D. Utah· 1993-04-22· cited 4×
• Derijk v. Southland Corp.
  D. Utah· 2003-11-17· cited 2×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Foley v. Polaroid Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-09· cited 166×
• Birkner v. Salt Lake County
  Utah Supreme Court· 1989-03-22· cited 107×
• Bryan v. Utah International
  Utah Supreme Court· 1975-03-24· cited 59×
• Battista v. Chrysler Corp.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1982-10-22· cited 52×
• Gambrell v. Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1978-01-30· cited 35×
• Arrow Industries, Inc. v. Zions First National Bank
  Utah Supreme Court· 1988-12-30· cited 25×
• Howland v. Balma
  California Court of Appeal· 1983-06-14· cited 24×
• Braman and the Gus Blass Co. v. Walthall
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1949-05-30· cited 24×
• Mounteer v. Utah Power & Light Co.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1989-05-02· cited 12×

Other cases named Mounteer v. Utah Power & Light Co.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Mounteer v. Utah Power & Light Co.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1989-05-02· cited 12×