Utah Supreme Court Reverses $298K Attorney Fee Award Tied To Expired Judgment

( October 23, 2025, 3:03 PM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court reversed an appeals court ruling that awarded $298,893.26 in contingency-based attorney fees in a decades-long insurance coverage dispute stemming from a fatal auto accident, holding that the underlying $747,233.15 damages judgment supporting the fee award had expired under Utah’s eight-year judgment-expiration statute and could not serve as the basis for recovery....