SALT LAKE CITY — The father of a woman who filed a civil lawsuit against him has asked the federal court to dismiss the case because the allegations are “wild, inflammatory and unsupported,” according to court documents.
Salt Lake City attorney S. Baird Morgan filed the motion in U.S. District Court on behalf of his clients, David M. Logan and his wife, Loren Logan, both of whom live in San Diego.
Christine Logan, 18, of Bountiful, filed a civil lawsuit in November against the Logans — her father and stepmother — and several others who live in California, claiming there was a conspiracy to cover up abuse against her in 2008.
The abuse, she claims, caused injuries to her left leg and to her left eye.
In court documents, Christine Logan claims her father attacked her and she woke up in a hospital to learn she had “a significant amount of alcohol in her.”
Christine Logan said she suffered neglect, abuse and attempted murder at the hands of her father.
According to the 46-page document filed Monday by Morgan, the allegations of child abuse, which were made in 2008 against the couple, were investigated independently by police and child protective services, which “concluded that there was no evidence of wrongdoing” by either of the Logans.
The document also asks the court to dismiss the case because there is not sufficient evidence.
But if the court decides not to dismiss, it states, it should be moved to California for a number of reasons, including that Christine Logan moved to Utah three months ago and should not be considered a Utah resident.
Also, all of the witnesses and evidence are in California, so the case should be moved to a federal court in California, the document states.
Others listed in the lawsuit have also filed motions seeking dismissal.
Christine Logan emailed a statement concerning her father’s response to her lawsuit.
“I already guessed that my father would want the venue changed and dismissed,” Christine Logan wrote.
“I would not be willing to move this case to California courts. The whole reason why I filed this case federally was because of diversity. Therefore, it cannot be tried in California or moved to California courts.”
She also wrote that filing her case “was a declaration of war” and that she feels “bad my father cannot come to grips with what he did to me three years ago.”
No court date has been set.
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