Utley v. Mill Man Steel, Inc.

Associate Chief Justice LEE,

opinion of the court as to Part I and Part II.A and concurring in the judgment of the court as to Part ILB.:

1 Mill Man Steel fired Kendall Utley on suspicion that he had misappropriated steel from the company. In so doing, Mill Man refused to pay Utley the commissions he claimed to have earned, asserting a right to withhold the commissions as an offset against the value of the allegedly misappropriated steel. Utley filed this suit, claiming that Mill Man had violated the Utah Payment of Wages Act (UPWA). The district court granted summary judgment for Utley. It…