September 2015 -

Judges: Be Poker-Faced and Mum!

An opinion that came out yesterday from the Court of Appeals (Toomey, J.) emphasizes the importance of trial judges remaining expressionless and quiet in the

September 14, 2015 No Comments

Questioner Must Object To Deponent’s Answer

Helf v. Chevron, 2015 UT 81 (September 4, 2015) raises the interesting point that the examining attorney must object to a deponent's non-responsive answers, or to

September 13, 2015 No Comments

Should I Always Move for a Directed Verdict?

An experienced defense lawyer recently shared his experience with me of being upbraided by a trial judge for making a Rule 50 motion for directed

September 10, 2015 No Comments

Defense Verdict in Richards v. Smith

There has been another defense verdict in a medical malpractice case in Salt Lake County. Today, after three and a half hours of deliberation, the

September 10, 2015 No Comments

Defense verdict in Yamashiro case

There was a defense verdict this afternoon in Hinckley v. Yamashiro, C/N 130903839 (Judge Mark Kouris). The case just started on Tuesday, and went quickly. (See my blog

September 4, 2015 No Comments

Judges: Be Poker-Faced and Mum!

Questioner Must Object To Deponent’s Answer

Should I Always Move for a Directed Verdict?

Defense Verdict in Richards v. Smith

Defense verdict in Yamashiro case

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