Lee v. Thorpe

NEHRING, Justice:

1 1 After greeting Gerald Lee with a handshake, Miles Langley fastened handcuffs to his wrists. Gerald Lee ("Gerald") was a fugitive from Colorado. Miles Langley ("Langley"), described in the district court record as "a large man," was a bail recovery agent, a calling known to most as a bounty hunter. Langley was licensed to practice his trade in Colorado, where Gerald was wanted, but not in Utah, where Gerald was apprehended. Gerald and his brother, George Lee ("George"), sued Langley and the entities associated with the bail bond that Gerald had obtained to gain his freedom…