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Utah Court of Appeals: Improper Jury Argument

In State v. Akok, 2015 UT App 89 (16 April 2015), the Utah Court of Appeals reversed a conviction for rape because of a prosecutor's improper referen...

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National Center’s Report on Utah’s Discovery Rules Changes

Utah made substantial (and controversial) changes to its discovery rules for cases filed after November 1, 2011. A lengthy research study by the Nati...

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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 medi...

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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 ...

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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, you must efil...

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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 appear...

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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...

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$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 V...

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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 Cho...

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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 c...

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