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We’ve had some unusual weather here in Salt Lake City today . . . freezing rain. Apparently this is only the 10th time since 1940 that we’ve had freezing rain and today accounted for the most accumulation of freezing rain since 1983. When I lived in North Carolina while attending law school we had...

A few weeks ago I posted about Motor Vehicle Deaths being on the decline. In contrast, I recently heard aNPR story which reported on the nationwide increase in the number of hit and run deaths involvingpedestrians and cyclists. NPR cited a study by the National Highway Traffic & Safety Administration as evidence of this...

Workers Compensation Law Says Employers Are The "Exclusive Remedy" For Job Injury Did you know that f you are injured on the job, your exclusive remedy comes in the form of workers compensation benefits paid by the employer's workers compensation insurance? If you have been injured on the job, and you think a third-party...

All Utah auto insurance policies must carry Personal Injury Protection (PIP) coverage. Unless you have been injured in a car accident, you may not understand how PIP works. I deal with PIP every day and I find that many of my clients are surprised to learn that their own auto insurance company will pay...

I often get compliments on this portrait of Abraham Lincoln that hangs in my office. And considering that Lincoln is a hot topic right now with the recent release of the Lincoln movie, I thought it a good time to share some of my thoughts about Lincoln and this portrait in particular.In fact, I...

For many, Ralph Nader is the quadrennial third-party/independent presidential candidate. For others, he’s the man who cost Al Gore the election in 2000 (or it was the Supreme Court, depending on what side you’re on). For decades before that, he was a consumer advocate who came on the scene with his 1965 book, Unsafe...