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This video is pretty amazing. In fact, it’s an embarassment to the legal profession and I think the judiciary in particular. In this video, a Florida public defender is defending a man who apparently has been charged with assault and resisting arrest. The public defender refuses to waive his client’s right for a speedy...

It has been reported that a teen driver in Oregon caused a serious car accident yesterday after passing out while driving through a tunnel. He lost consciousness and his vehicle crossed the center line and struck a Ford Explorer nearly head-on. Four people were injured as a result of the accident. Apparently the driver was playing...

So this month is National Bike Month and this week is National Bike to Work Week and today is National Bike to Work Day! Many communities across the nation are taking advantage of National Bike to Work Week to promote commuting by bicycle. Of course, there are lots of reasons to encourage cycling to...

As a result of the recent 2014 Utah legistaltive session several new laws will take effect that will have an impact on public safety and tort law in general. In particular, we’re looking forward to HB287 which provides for arbitration in dog bite cases. This law is very similar to the successful arbitration statute...

Beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, Utah’s new amendments to the Distracted Driving law will take effect. Over the past several week there have been various news stories, but I’m not sure that everyone is aware of the changes. The new changes place restrictions on the use of a “handheld wireless communication device” while driving a car....

I’ve previously written about the various ride-sharing services, including Lyft, Sidecar, Uber, and car2go. Until now, I have not been aware of any of these services being available in Salt Lake City. That’s about to change with the launch of Lyft in Salt Lake City – apparently happening sometime this month. Even a Salt...