Salt Lake

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation
Professional Liability

Stuart has represented insurance company clients in insurance coverage and bad faith cases for more than 20 years. He has experience with third-party and first-party bad faith, punitive damages, general damages, evidence, and discovery issues.

Stuart also has experience in the defense of professional liability cases at all stages of litigation including trial and appellate practice. He has represented a variety of clients including sole practitioners, large law firms, accountants, and many other professional

Utah State Bar, 1979

U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 1979

U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1986

United States Supreme Court, 2000

University of Utah, J.D., 1979

William H. Leary Scholar

Brigham Young University, B.A., German, 1976, Magna Cum Laude

Phi Kappa Phi

German

Salt Lake County Bar Association

Utah Defense Association

Fee Arbitration Committee, Utah State Bar, 1987-1988 and 2004-present

Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Professional Conduct, Utah State Bar, 1988-1995 and 2002-present

Jury Instruction Committee, Utah State Bar, 1982-1983

“AV” rated with Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics

“Outstanding Lawyers of America Award”, 2003

Recognized in Utah Business Magazine’s “Utah Legal Elite”

Research-Planning, Inc. v. Bank of Utah, 690 P.2d 1130 (Utah 1984)

Pease v. Industrial Comm’n, 694 P.2d 613 (Utah 1984)

Blackhurst v. Transamerica Ins. Co., 699 P.2d 688 (Utah 1985)

Payne v. Myers, 743 P.2d 186 (Utah 1987)

Hill v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., 829 P.2d 142 (Utah 1992)

Heslop v. Bank of Utah, 839 P.2d 828 (Utah 1992)

Alf v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., 850 P.2d 1272 (Utah App.1993)

GNS Partnership v. Fullmer, 873 P.2d 1157 (Utah App.1994)

Phoenix Indem. Ins. Co. v. Estate of Bell, 896 P.2d 32 (Utah App. 1995);

Watkiss & Saperstein v. Williams, 931 P.2d 840 (Utah 1996).

Chatterton v. Walker, 938 P.2d 255 (Utah 1997)

Barela v. C.R. England & Sons, Inc., 197 F.3d 1313 (10th Cir.1999)

Miller v. USAA Cas. Ins. Co., 44 P.3d 663 (Utah 2002)

Campbell v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., 65 P.3d 1134 (Utah 2001); 153 L. Ed. 2d 158, 122 S. Ct 2326 (2003)

Armstrong v. McMurray, 2005 Utah App. 88 (unpublished)

State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co. v. DeHerrera, 145 P.3d 1172 (Utah App. 2006)

York v. Gardiner, 2006 Utah App. 471 (unpublished)

Baum v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS (decided February 1, 2008)

Borghetti v. Sys. & Computer Tech., 199 P.3d 907 (Utah 2008)

Fenwick v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 2009 U.S. District. LEXIS 93297 (decided October 6, 2009)

Westport Ins. v. Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69203 (decided August 7, 2009)

McArthur v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 114747 (decided December 9, 2009)