Here is the scenario: You were injured at work and your employer doesn’t want you to make a claim. They might say that they would cover it under the table or maybe claim that you are an “independent contractor” and are not entitled to benefits. Either way, they are obstructing your right to get medical treatment. The motive for this is easy: The fewer claims they have to report, the more money they’ll save for their company. How to Find Out Where to Go for Treatment All companies in Utah that have workers compensation coverage are required to publicly provide the name of their insurance carr ..read more

Utah lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill that will require new training for police dogs and their handlers. Responding to criticism that police dogs are mauling too many suspects, the Utah’s legislature has passed a bill that will require additional training for agencies that use police dogs. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the matter first got the legislature’s attention after the Salt Lake Tribune published a story showing a video of a black man being bit by a Salt Lake City Police Department police dog after he was attempting to comply with officers’ instructions. Body camera footage s ..read more

One person was killed and three others were critically injured in an accident Saturday night in Erda. Photo Credit: Utah Highway Patrol An 18-year-old teen passed away February 27th and others are critically injured following a violent pickup versus pickup truck crash in Erda, Utah. According to Fox13 News, the deceased, Treyton Ellis of Tooele, was driving a gray Dodge Ram 2500 going southbound on SR 36 in snowy conditions around 9 p.m. when he lost control of his truck, overcorrected and went into the opposing lane of travel around 4700 North. He was then t-boned by a motorist driving a bl ..read more

A motorcycle driver who was injured by truck operated by heating and air conditioning company Hajoca Corporation was awarded $23.7 million by the state of California. In Los Angeles, one of the first post-shutdown trials was recently held this month in a personal injury case, and was streamed live(watch here). The essence of the claim is that a commercial heating and air truck struck a 40-year-old motorcyclist and caused him significant injuries, including an amputated leg. The parties elected to have only a judge hear the case, not a jury. The judge on the case, Stephen Czuleger, issued his ..read more

Hannah Archuleta is suing Utah’s Turn-About Ranch after she says she was punished for reporting assaults by a male employee there when she was 17. Teen treatment centers have been in the news recently due to Paris Hilton coming to Utah to speak to the legislature in support of SB127. According to Deseret News, Hannah Archuleta of Colorado is suing Escalante teen treatment center Turn-About Ranch for injuries experienced from multiple sexual assaults she endured. The lawsuit, filed in 6th District Court in Garfield County, alleges the facility negligenty hired and supervised Archuleta’s alleg ..read more

Criminal charges were filed Tuesday against a man accused of hitting and killing a Salt Lake doctor while driving under the influence of drugs. A man involved in an accident last December has now been charged with manslaughter for causing a collision that took a doctor’s life. According to KSL News, the person charged, Mitchell Garrett Solstad, 26, rear ended another car stopped at the intersection of 1300 S and 400 E. After the impact, Solstad fled the scene and was followed by the person he ran into. At one point, the two vehicles were going over 50 mph down Bryan Avenue, which has a speed ..read more

A 16-year-old girl working at a convenience store was sexually assaulted by her manager, according to police. The manager of a convenience store near 8000 South State St. in Midvale, Utah, has been charged with sexual abuse of a 16-year-old worker. According to KSL News, the incident occurred on October 11, 2020 when the store manager, Chakradhar Thuta asked the teen to come into his office under the ruse that he wanted to help her get dog hair off her clothing. He then had her sit down to show her something on the computer and started to touch her thigh. From there, he told her to put a “Cl ..read more

“I’ll do anything not to go to jail.” A Utah woman is facing charges of bribery following a crash on June 10, 2020, on I-80 near 1300 East in Salt Lake City. According to KSL News, the woman, Cyma Roxann Haghighat was arrested after the wreck when she blew a .26 into the Breathalyzer. This is five times Utah’s new legal limit of .05%. At the point she was being arrested, she offered the arresting UHP officer $1,000 to let her go. She also told him that she would “do anything not to go to jail,” according to charges recently filed against her. As if DUI charges weren’t enough, she was charged ..read more

Truck crashes and regular car crashes: what’s the difference? Size matters. When you’ve been involved in an accident involving a heavy commercial truck, your injuries will likely be more serious. You shouldn’t approach a crash with a tractor trailer or other heavy bus or car the same way you would if it was just a car versus car crash. Trucking companies are very proactive after a crash and will often deploy experts to the scene to immediately start working on evidence and damage control. You would be wise to likewise take these kinds of crashes seriously to safeguard your legal rights and g ..read more

If you have been abused while in the scouting program, you may be entitled to compensation for what you have gone through. According to the USA Today, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) paid out over $150 million in settlements and legal costs between 2017 and 2019 alone. And many more claims remain pending. But the deadline for making a claim is literally only weeks away, November 16, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. BSA Declares Bankruptcy The sheer amount of these sexual abuse claims is what drove the BSA to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This decision will undoubtedly reduce the value of the many sexual a ..read more