Posts tagged Bret Hanna

• First Response Program Offers Helping Hand to Truck Accident Victims

  Bret Hanna | November 18, 2009 10:34 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  As indicated in a prior post, more than 5,000 people a year die in accidents involving tractor-trailers. That means that many individuals and families will be devastated each year by the injuries...

• Trucking Safety Must be a Top Priority

  Bret Hanna | November 16, 2009 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Deaths resulting from accidents involving tractor-trailers between 2003 and 2006 exceeded 5,000 per year which is way too high. The Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) is dedicated to reducing these...

• New York State Bar Takes Stand Against Tort Reform

  Bret Hanna | November 15, 2009 2:33 PM | 1 CommentSalt Lake City, UT Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The New York State Bar Association took a strong stand against tort reform last Friday. President Michael Getnick issued a statement calling on the U.S. Senate to reject calls for caps on pain and...

• Silver Eagle Refinery Voluntarily Shuts Down

  Bret Hanna | November 14, 2009 6:55 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Silver Eagle Refinery located in Woods Cross has agreed to follow a safety board recommendation to shut down indefinitely in the wake of a November 4th explosion. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board...

• Driver Dies After Causing Multiple Accidents on Interstate 15

  Bret Hanna | November 14, 2009 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Sheldon Taylor, 54, of Sandy, died yesterday afternoon after triggering a series of 3 accidents that snarled the afternoon commute on southbound Interstate 15. The first accident occurred at about...

• Tort Reform Myth Debunked - Damages Caps do not Lower Malpractice Insurance Premiums

  Bret Hanna | November 12, 2009 4:49 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We've all heard the claims. Jackpot payouts in medical malpractice cases have caused malpractice insurance premiums to go so high that doctors are leaving certain specialties or leaving the...

• Eli Lilly Will Pay Utah 24 Million to Settle Zyprexa Suit

  Bret Hanna | November 11, 2009 6:17 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff announced today that the state has settled a 4-year-long battle with Eli Lilly over its marketing unapproved uses, so-called off-label uses, of its...

• The Band Marches On - Update

  Bret Hanna | November 11, 2009 5:24 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  I posted an update on the American Fork band's recent successes the other day and indicated that I would follow-up when more information was available. Shortly after I posted, Sara Fulkerson posted...

• Gun Safety Requires Constant Vigilance

  Bret Hanna | November 09, 2009 10:51 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A 9-year-old boy was critically injured Saturday when he was shot as he walked down a residential sidewalk in Roy. Braden Schroeder was walking on a sidewalk adjacent to a mobile home park located...

• The Band Marches On

  Bret Hanna | November 09, 2009 10:07 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  I've posted before about the tragic October accident involving the American Fork band which was returning from a competition in Idaho in a caravan of buses. On October 10th, one of the buses rolled...