ATKIN WRIGHT & MILES v. MOUNTAIN STATES TEL.

No. 18232.

709 P.2d 330 (1985)

ATKIN WRIGHT & MILES, chartered, a Utah corporation, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. The MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO. et al., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

October 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Dolowitz, Floyd Jensen, Salt Lake City, for Mt. States.

J. MacArthur Wright, St. George, Hans Q. Chamberlain, Cedar City, for plaintiff and respondent.


STEWART, Justice:

This suit arose out of an error made by Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Mountain Bell) in listing the same telephone number in the yellow-page directory for the law firm of Atkin, Wright and Miles (Atkin) and also for the law firm of Allen, Thompson and Hughes (Allen). A jury awarded general and punitive damages to Atkin, and Mountain Bell appeals the award. We reverse.

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