Utah Intentional interference with economic relations

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Alpine Orthopaedic Specialists, LLC v. Intermountain Healthcare, Inc. and Utah State University, 2012 UT App 29, states:

To establish its intentional interference claims against IHC, Alpine “‘must prove

  1. that . . . [IHC] intentionally interfered with . . . [Alpine]’s existing or potential economic relations,
  2. for an improper purpose or by improper means,
  3. causing injury to . . . [Alpine].’”

Ferguson v. William & Hunt, Inc., 2009 UT 49, ¶ 35, 221 P.3d 205 (additional internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting St. Benedict’s Dev. Co. v. St. Benedict’s Hosp., 811 P.2d 194, 200 (Utah 1991)).