Terms Used In Utah Code 31A-15-108

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Insurance: includes :

  (i)	a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;

  (ii)	a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and

  (iii)

  a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Person: includes : (a)  an individual; (b)  a partnership; (c)  a corporation; (d)  an incorporated or unincorporated association; (e)  a joint stock company; (f)  a trust; (g)  a limited liability company; (h)  a reciprocal; (i)  a syndicate; or (j)  another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.      In an action against an unauthorized person upon a contract of insurance issued in violation of this chapter, if the unauthorized person fails to make payment in accordance with the contract for 30 days after the payment is due and demand is made, and it appears to the court that the failure was without just cause, the court may allow the plaintiff a reasonable attorney’s fee and may include the fee in any judgment that may be rendered in the action. The unauthorized person’s failure to defend this action is prima facie evidence that the failure to pay was without just cause. Enacted by Chapter 242, 1985 General Session   Previous section Next section    Part 1 Contents