This page explains how a defendant or a respondent in a lawsuit can file an answer to protect their rights. To seal a new case, a party must file in the Salt Lake.City Clerk's Office: (A). In alleging fraud or mistake, a party must state with particularity the circumstances constituting fraud or mistake. (1) This Subsection R7461202 does not apply to complaints. The notion the a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit may plead different claims in the alternative is well established in both case law and formal rule. LDA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit private law firm formed in 1965 which contracts with Salt Lake County and Salt Lake City to provide indigent legal defense. Fraud or Mistake: Claims of fraud or mistake must be stated with particularity. Salt Lake City R. R., 14 Utah. Pleading Not Guilty or Pleading Guilty.