Pennington v. Allstate Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• clarifying that “good faith” is a factual finding based on the party’s subjective intent, while a “without merit” finding is a matter of law
• affirming the trial court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss because the complaint was insufficient, even though plaintiff was entitled to an entry of default
• describing difference between entry of default and entry of default judgment
• \we will affirm a trial court's award of costs unless the trial court abused its discretion\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Giusti v. Sterling Wentworth Corp.
  Utah Supreme Court· 2009-01-16· cited 119×
• Henshaw v. Henshaw
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2012-02-24· cited 31×
• Covey v. Covey
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2003-11-06· cited 30×
• Kelley v. Kelley
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2000-08-03· cited 30×
• Crank v. Utah Judicial Council
  Utah Supreme Court· 2001-02-06· cited 22×
• Young v. State
  Utah Supreme Court· 2000-11-28· cited 22×
• Ottens v. McNeil
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2010-08-26· cited 18×
• Edwards v. POWDER MOUNTAIN WATER AND SEWER
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2009-07-09· cited 18×
• Lawrence v. Mountainstar Healthcare
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2014-02-21· cited 10×
• Aris Vision Institute, Inc. v. Wasatch Property Management, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2005-07-21· cited 6×
• Hatch v. Boulder Town Council
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2001-02-23· cited 5×
• N.A.R., Inc. v. Farr
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2000-03-09· cited 4×
• Wisan v. City of Hildale
  Utah Supreme Court· 2014-06-17· cited 4×
• Yuanzong Fu v. Rhodes
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2013-05-16· cited 4×
• Wardley Better Homes and Garden v. Cannon
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2001-02-15· cited 3×
• Gillmor v. Family Link, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2010-01-14· cited 2×
• GOLDEN MEADOWS PROPERTIES, LC v. Strand
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2011-03-17· cited 1×
• Ward v. McGarry
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2024-11-15· cited 1×
• Ream v. Ream
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2025-07-10· cited 1×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-19· cited 11,658×
• Valcarce v. Fitzgerald
  Utah Supreme Court· 1998-06-26· cited 234×
• Reid v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1989-06-12· cited 77×
• Doelle v. Bradley
  Utah Supreme Court· 1989-12-27· cited 43×
• Taylor v. Estate of Taylor
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1989-02-15· cited 42×
• Barnard v. Sutliff
  Utah Supreme Court· 1992-12-18· cited 33×
• Skanchy v. Calcados Ortope SA
  Utah Supreme Court· 1998-02-06· cited 31×
• Hunt v. Hurst
  Utah Supreme Court· 1990-01-05· cited 24×
• Cornish Town v. Koller
  Utah Supreme Court· 1991-08-01· cited 12×
• G. M. Leasing Corp. v. Murray First Thrift & Loan Co.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1975-05-02· cited 2×