Houghton v. Department of Health

PARRISH, Justice:

¶ 1 In 1995, plaintiffs filed suit against the Department of Health, the Office of Recovery Services, the State of Utah, and individual defendants (collectively, the “State”), seeking the return of monies paid to.the State from settlements or judgments entered on plaintiffs’ behalf. After several years of protracted motion practice and two appeals to this court, plaintiffs now appeal the district court’s interlocutory order limiting the scope of discovery. The district court based its order on its interpretation of Utah case law. Because we conclude that the district court…