NORTON v. MACFARLANE

No. 880248.

818 P.2d 8 (1991)

Greg NORTON, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. J. Ralph MACFARLANE, M.D., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B. Holbrook, David R. Money, David N. Sonnenreich, Salt Lake City, for Ralph Macfarlane.

Jean R. Babilis, Ogden, Jody L. Howe, Salt Lake City, for Greg Norton.


STEWART, Justice:

This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court's order denying defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's tort actions for alienation of affections and criminal conversation. On this appeal, we are again urged to abolish the tort of alienation of affections as well as the tort of criminal conversation.

Plaintiff Norton's complaint alleges that he and his wife, Sherry Norton, had three children during their marriage and that they lived...

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