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Oral Arguments Held in Scott v. University of Utah Hospital Brain Injury Case

This morning, August 25th, Judge Su Chon heard arguments on the defense motion for new medical malpractice brain injury trial in Scott v. University Hospital, an

August 25, 2016 No Comments

Medical Malpractice Trial Starts Monday in Provo, UT: Shannon Hirschi v. Dr. Seth Riddle

Shannon Hirschi v. Dr. Seth RiddleThe Honorable James R. TaylorFourth District Court for Utah County, #110402674This Utah medical malpractice trial involves a young woman named

July 27, 2016 No Comments

Utah Supreme Court: Rule 35 To Be Clarified

The 2011 amendment to rule 35 on medical examinations clarified the language and removed the confusing requirement for production of "prior reports" on other examinations by the medical

July 8, 2016 No Comments

Park City Case: Now Here’s an Owie

A recent personal injury trial in Park City resulted in a $640,000+ verdict for the plaintiff. Robert Pilot v. Earl Hill, #140500187 (Hon. Kara Petit,

July 2, 2016 No Comments

Utah Supreme Court: Gowns and Wigs Now Mandatory

A surprising announcement out today from the Utah Supreme Court: English-style gowns and wigs will soon be required garb of all licensed members of the bar appearing

April 1, 2016 No Comments

Medical Malpractice: Defense Verdicts in Statute of Limitations Trials – Moab, Utah

Last Friday in Moab there was another defense verdict in a medical malpractice statute of limitations trial. The jury decided that plaintiff had "discovered" her

February 5, 2016 No Comments

Brain Injury Baby Case – Sanctions Hearing (Finally) Underway – Wilson v. IHC

Recall that in Wilson v. IHC, 2012 UT 43 289 P.3d 369, the Utah Supreme Court reversed a jury verdict for the defense in a brain injury

January 28, 2016 No Comments

Proof of Causation of Death Inadequate in Utah Medical-Malpractice Trial – Kerby v Moab Valley Healthcare

Kerby v Moab Valley Healthcare, 2015 UT App 280.A patient died following a bronchoscopy at Allen Memorial Hospital in Moab, Utah, allegedly from an excessive

January 27, 2016 No Comments

$1,400,000 Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Against Provo Utah Care Center

Brad Parker, Jim McConkie, and Alex Evans of Parker & McConkie received a verdict yesterday afternoon in Provo in a care-center malpractice-wrongful death claim.Update- here is the link to the KSL story.The case is Adams

May 9, 2015 No Comments

Utah Personal Injury Liens

Today I attended an excellent seminar on the state of liens in the personal injury field- ERISA, Medicare, statutory hospital, and Medicaid. As a mediator,

April 7, 2015 No Comments