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The first lawsuit to go to trial in a massive class action against Toyota Motor Corp. over acceleration problems that led the company to recall 14 million cars will involve a crash that killed two people in western Utah, a federal judge said Friday.U.S. District Judge James Selna told attorneys the case of 38-year-old...

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...

CAR WRECK ATTORNEY INSIGHTS: UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGEOften when I discuss insurance coverage with my clients, I hear them say things like, “Don’t worry, I have full coverage.” For a car wreck attorney, this doesn’t begin to answer the question. I’m more interested in knowing how much insurance coverage you have. Particularly, one of the...

We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and that you had a fun New Year’s celebration! I talked with several people about their New Year’s Eve plans and more than once I was told something like, “I’m staying home . . . there are too many drunk drivers on the roads.”The Utah Highway Patrol and...

A lot can happen before your case gets to trial – if it’s headed there at all. Pretrial motions are requests that lawyers can file to petition for a ruling on a certain issue in the case. Such motions can be either dispositive (it can end the case before trial) or non-dispositive. We’ve listed...