Zoll & Branch, P.C. v. Asay

ON CERTIORARI TO THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS

HOWE, Justice:

We granted certiorari to review a decision of the court of appeals made pursuant to rule 31, Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure, which allows an expedited decision without a written opinion. Plaintiff law firm sued defendant for slander, conversion, and fraud; defendant counterclaimed for wages that he alleged plaintiff wrongfully withheld when he voluntarily quit his employment with plaintiff. We are here concerned only with the counterclaim.

The trial court awarded defendant wages of $1,500, together with a penalty of $6,000, pursuant to…