Legal Opinion
SMP, INC. v. Kirkman
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided December 1, 1992No. 920082-CAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BENCH, Presiding Judge:
Defendant, Alan Kirkman, appeals a final judgment arising from his breach of an employment contract. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Kirkman worked as a long haul truck driver for SMP. After making a delivery in California, Kirkman refused to wait there for a load of freight destined for Utah. Instead, he returned to Utah without the load and terminated his employment.
SMP refused to give Kirkman his last two paychecks, claiming that Kirkman owed the company for damages arising from his failure to wait for the next load. Kirkman then filed a wage claim with the Industrial…
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- Hutton v. DodgeUtah Supreme Court · 1921
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