Frank Carney Trial Blog Archive Archives

Understand E-filing or Get Kicked Out of Court

The Tenth Circuit recently affirmed a summary judgment entered by a trial judge in Kansas because counsel failed to properly understand the numbering system for

April 5, 2015 No Comments

Note to Self: Check the Spam Folder

For two years lawyers have been required to e-file all documents in civil cases in Utah state courts. If you file a motion, for example,

April 3, 2015 No Comments

Benchslap for Obstructionist

U.S. District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett (N.D. Iowa) is a colorful-- and sometimes controversial-- advocate for sentencing reform and, it appears, an enemy of discovery abusers. A couple of

March 28, 2015 No Comments

Utah Supreme Court Revision of Post-Trial Motions Rules Underway

Revision of Post-Trial Motions Rules Underway - The Utah Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure (of which I was a member for many years)

March 27, 2015 No Comments

$1.1M Park City Verdict in Utah Brain Injury Skiing Accident

$1.1M Park City Verdict in Utah Brain Injury Skiing Accident. A significant verdict this afternoon in an action over a skier-skier collision at Deer Valley

March 27, 2015 No Comments

Massive Verdict Against University Hospital

On March 2nd, after a ten-day trial, the jury returned a verdict of some $11,400,000 in David Scott v. University of Utah, #110917738. (Judge Su Chon, Third

March 3, 2015 No Comments

Significant Medical Malpractice Trial Underway in Salt Lake

A medical malpractice jury trial is underway in Judge Su Chon's court in the Third District, David Scott v. University of Utah, #110917738. The case concerns a brain biopsy for

February 20, 2015 No Comments

Allocation of Intentional Torts- Even Crimes

Graves v. North Eastern Services, Inc., 2015 UT 28 (30 January 2015) decided an issue that has been bouncing around since the "Liability Reform Act"

February 4, 2015 No Comments

Stunning Defense Verdict – Salt Lake Medical Malpractice

There was a stunning defense verdict last night in a Utah medical malpractice case tried over two weeks before Judge Barry Lawrence in West Jordan

January 31, 2015 No Comments