Cases — January 16th through 22nd, 2022

Contract ~ Noncompete ~ Trade Secret ~ Wrongful Termination

Ostler v. Department of Public Safety (Utah Ct. App., January 21, 2022) (reversing denial of Ostler’s motion to amend his complaint after dismissal: Because both sides put forth reasonable interpretations of the contact provision at issue, the provision was, by definition, ambiguous. Thus, Ostler’s amended complaint would not be subject to dismissal as a matter of law and his motion to amend therefore would not have been futile. Futility, however, was the justification for the district court’s denial. That ruling cannot stand)

*Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estop