A judge has vacated a juryâs verdict in a former Utah Department of Commerce employeeâs wrongful-termination case, ruling that the agency and its top executive are protected from lawsuits under governmental-immunity laws. A jury in August found that Rebekah Conner had been unfairly fired by commerce chief Francine Giani and that politics had played a role in that decision. But 3rd District Judge Matthew Bates overturned that finding Monday and dismissed the case on the basis of an eleventh-hour ...