Elissa's lawsuit heads north
A 5th District judge quietly signed off on a request that Elissa Wall's lawsuit against the United Effort Plan Trust be moved to Salt Lake City.
Court-appointed fiduciary Bruce R. Wisan had asked the court to either dismiss her lawsuit or move it to 3rd District Court. Judge G. Michael Westfall agreed the case should be heard in Salt Lake City, since Wall had no real reason to file it in the southern court. But he declined to dismiss it.
Wisan also wanted the case assigned to Judge Denise Lindberg, who is overseeing the UEP Trust litigation. But it landed on Judge Sandra Peuler's desk.
That's probably a good thing, since Wall's lawsuit could prove to be an all-out war between Wisan and her attorneys, Roger and Greg Hoole. As far as I can tell, the gloves are off after Wisan rejected Wall's multimillion dollar settlement offer.
On Tuesdsay, Wall's attorneys had a bailiff hand subpoenas to nine FLDS members who showed up at the sentencing of sect leader Warren S. Jeffs. It was somewhat of a random affair since some of the subpoenas had blank spaces for names -- which were filled in when the attorneys saw who showed up for the hearing.
Among those who were handed subpoenas: Lamar Johnson, Lindsey Barlow, Rodney Holm and Marianne Holm Johnson.
Greg Hoole told me the FLDS nine will be deposed in December, describing it as a ''very gentle, short deposition'' to see what they know about the former UEP trustees. Most of those trustees are in hiding. Warren, of course, is now living at the Utah State Prison in Draper.
You have to wonder whether there will be any one in the community who is not dragged one way or another into court before this is all over.
Court-appointed fiduciary Bruce R. Wisan had asked the court to either dismiss her lawsuit or move it to 3rd District Court. Judge G. Michael Westfall agreed the case should be heard in Salt Lake City, since Wall had no real reason to file it in the southern court. But he declined to dismiss it.
Wisan also wanted the case assigned to Judge Denise Lindberg, who is overseeing the UEP Trust litigation. But it landed on Judge Sandra Peuler's desk.
That's probably a good thing, since Wall's lawsuit could prove to be an all-out war between Wisan and her attorneys, Roger and Greg Hoole. As far as I can tell, the gloves are off after Wisan rejected Wall's multimillion dollar settlement offer.
On Tuesdsay, Wall's attorneys had a bailiff hand subpoenas to nine FLDS members who showed up at the sentencing of sect leader Warren S. Jeffs. It was somewhat of a random affair since some of the subpoenas had blank spaces for names -- which were filled in when the attorneys saw who showed up for the hearing.
Among those who were handed subpoenas: Lamar Johnson, Lindsey Barlow, Rodney Holm and Marianne Holm Johnson.
Greg Hoole told me the FLDS nine will be deposed in December, describing it as a ''very gentle, short deposition'' to see what they know about the former UEP trustees. Most of those trustees are in hiding. Warren, of course, is now living at the Utah State Prison in Draper.
You have to wonder whether there will be any one in the community who is not dragged one way or another into court before this is all over.
Labels: Elissa Wall, FLDS, UEP
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