Title 78B, Judicial Code

78B-5-819. Separate special verdicts on total damages and proportion of fault. (1) The trial court may, and when requested by any party shall, direct the jury, if any, to find separate special verdicts determining the total amount of damages sustained and the percentage or propor…

78B-5-820. Amount of liability limited to proportion of fault -- No contribution. (1) Subject to Section 78B-5-818, the maximum amount for which a defendant may be liable to any person seeking recovery is that percentage or proportion of the damages equivalent to the percentage o…

78B-5-821. Joinder of defendants. (1) A person seeking recovery, or any defendant who is a party to the litigation, may join as a defendant, in accordance with the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, any person other than a person immune from suit alleged to have caused or contributed…

78B-5-822. Release to one defendant does not discharge other defendants. A release given by a person seeking recovery to one or more defendants does not discharge any other defendant unless the release so provides.

78B-5-823. Effect on immunity, exclusive remedy, indemnity, and contribution. Nothing in Sections 78B-5-817 through 78B-5-822 affects or impairs any common law or statutory immunity from liability, including, but not limited to, governmental immunity as provided in Title 63G, Cha…

78B-5-824. Personal injury judgments -- Interest authorized. (1) In all actions brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by any person, caused by the negligence or willful intent of another person, corporation, association, or partnership, and whether the injury…

78B-5-825. Award of reasonable attorney fees in civil action -- Exceptions. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), the court shall award reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing party in a civil action if the court determines that: (a) the nonprevailing party's civil action, o…

78B-5-825.5. Attorney fees -- Private attorney general doctrine disavowed. A court may not award attorney fees under the private attorney general doctrine in any action filed after May 12, 2009.

78B-5-826. Attorney fees -- Reciprocal rights to recover attorney fees. A court may award costs and attorney fees to either party that prevails in a civil action based upon any promissory note, written contract, or other writing executed after April 28, 1986, when the provisions …

78B-5-827. Attorney fees awarded to state funded agency in action against state or subdivision -- Forfeit of appropriated money. An agency or organization receiving state funds which, as a result of its suing the state, or political subdivision of the state, receives attorney fee…

78B-5-828. Bond required in an environmental action. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Administrative stay" means a stay or other temporary remedy issued by an agency under Section 63G-4-405. (b) "Environmental action" means a cause of action that: (i) is filed on or after May 10…

78B-5-902. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Behavioral emergency services technician" means an individual who is licensed under Section 53-2d-402 as: (a) a behavioral emergency services technician; or (b) an advanced behavioral emergency services technician. (2) "Communica…

78B-5-903. Creation -- Training -- Communications -- Exclusions. (1) A law enforcement agency, fire department, emergency medical service agency, rescue unit, or public safety answering point: (a) may create a peer support team; and (b) if a peer support team is created, shall de…

78B-5-904. Exclusions for certain communications. In accordance with the Utah Rules of Evidence, a behavioral emergency services technician may refuse to disclose communications made by an individual during the delivery of behavioral emergency services as defined in Section 53-2d…