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Salt Lake Wrongful Death Trial – Dowell v. University – is Off

Trial was to start next week in Dowell v. University of Utah, #160905517, Third District Court for Salt Lake County (Judge Kara Pettit). However, a ...

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Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Trial in Provo, Utah

Steadman Heirs v. McManus, Fourth District Court for Utah County, Provo Department #160400870 (Hon. James R. Taylor) started trial yesterday. Opening ...

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Salt Lake Personal Injury Trial is Off – Maack v. St. Mark’s Settlement

Maack v. St. Mark's Hospital, Third District Court for Salt Lake County, #180900286 (Hon. Keith Kelly). This Salt Lake personal injury medical malprac...

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Utah Birth Injury Trial in Federal Court

Trial starts tomorrow, February 3rd, in Cudney v. United States, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, #1:17-CV-00190DBP (Magistrate Judge D...

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A Busy Month Ahead

It's been dead-slow recently for medical malpractice trials. Everything that I've been tracking (and there were some big ones) has settled. That's cha...

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Utah Medical Malpractice Verdict for Plaintiff in Spanish Fork Trial

Yesterday a Spanish Fork jury returned a verdict against a gastroenterologist and an emergency room physician, in Cullimore v. Central Utah Clinic, C...

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Salt Lake Defense Verdict in Podiatry Malpractice Trial

Yesterday a Salt Lake jury returned a defense verdict on a podiatry malpractice claim after a week-long trial. Tripp v. Anderson, C/N 180900310 (Judg...

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Salt Lake Medical Malpractice Verdict

Yesterday a Salt Lake City jury returned a verdict against Utah Medical Insurance Association on a bad-faith medical malpractice claim brought by Dr. ...

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Affidavit of Merit Requirement in Medical Malpractice Cases Held Unconstitutional

Today the Utah Supreme Court held that the requirement in a medical malpractice to obtain an "affidavit of merit" is unconstitutional as it results in...

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$2 Million Verdict in Salt Lake Wrongful Death Case Upheld – Sprague v. Avalon

Today the Utah Court of Appeals (Mortensen/Forster/Appleby) affirmed Judge Barry Lawrence's denial of the defense post-trial motions in the Salt Lake ...

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