Can You be Fired for Filing a Worker’s Compensation Claim? It is a harrowing statistic, but workplace injuries occur everyday. OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, found that more than 2.8 million workplace injuries occurred in private industry in 2019 alone. Still, there is much confusion about protocol to adhere to if you are […]
Product Liability Claims: Defect, Design, and Failure to Warn A young man is driving to work when he is rear-ended by another vehicle. Tragically, his vehicle combusts into flames upon impact, although the rate of speed was low. Why did the car explode? A manufacturing design defect of placing the gas cap and fuel tank […]
School Bus Accidents Were you recently in an accident with a school bus, van, or large commercial vehicle? Are you worried about how you will pay your medical bills, who insurance will find at fault or how you will repair your car? Truck and bus accidents can be extremely serious and even fatal. The sheer […]
New Utah Livestock Law: H.B. 166 House Bill 166 recently passed in the Utah legislature. Proposed by Delegates Snider and Sandall, it widens the definition of a livestock guard animal such as a herding dog and also stiffens penalties for offenders caught trying to steal livestock or herding pets and guard animals from farmers and […]
Navigating Wrongful Death Claims This past week in Provo, Utah, a Brigham Young University student was tragically killed in a high-speed crash with a sheriff’s deputy. Responding to a SWAT call, the deputy was traveling at extremely high speed when he struck and killed the student. The SWAT team deputy was driving a personal pick-up […]
Idaho HB 320: Removing Mandatory Driver’s Education Course? Driving is a privilege, not a right. However, for many teenagers seeking licensure, learning to drive is also a right of passage. In the Rocky States, driving is a necessity if one is to traverse vast and expansive highways or operate heavy farm machinery. In the past, […]
