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• The Onset of Fall Brings Space Heater Danger

  Bret Hanna | September 24, 2009 10:01 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  As Fall settles in and the temperatures begin to drop, the use of space heaters will increase and so will the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning and fires caused by them. Accordingly, the Consumer...

• Driver Dies After Causing Multiple Accidents on Interstate 15

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

  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...

• Widow of Man Tasered to Death Has His Baby

  Bret Hanna | September 26, 2009 7:29 PM | 6 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  I've posted on this tragic case before because it seems so senseless. Brian Cardall died on June 9th, after he was tasered twice by a Hurricane police officer along the side of a highway in southern...

• Straight Talk on Tort Reform from Texas

  Bret Hanna | November 23, 2009 11:20 PM | 1 CommentSalt Lake City, UT

  Texas passed sweeping tort reform legislation in 2003 that, to a great extent, eliminated medical malpractice cases in the Lone Star State. Jennifer Bard is the Alvin R. Allison Professor of Law and...

• The First 8 Things to do After an Auto Accident

  Bret Hanna | November 08, 2009 6:17 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Auto accidents are a fact of life and knowing what to do when you are involved in one is critical. Of course, doing anything at all assumes that you are physically and mentally able to do so. If you...

• Trucking Safety Must be a Top Priority

  Bret Hanna | November 16, 2009 10:54 PM | 4 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  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...

• TACT - How Utah Can Get Started

  Bret Hanna | November 22, 2009 8:25 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has a program that every state should be considering: TACT (Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks) is designed to highlight the dangers posed by...

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

  Bret Hanna | November 11, 2009 6:17 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  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...

• Shooter in Neighborhood Watch Incident Charged with Attempted Murder

  Bret Hanna | July 27, 2009 10:04 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  The Salt Lake County District Attorney's office has filed charges of one count of attempted murder, a first degree felony, and two counts of aggravated assault, third-degree felonies, against a...

• Death By Prescription Drugs - Be Careful

  Bret Hanna | June 17, 2009 6:00 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Natural News, relying on data from the CDC, reported that prescription drug deaths shot up 68 percent in a five year period. Statistics show that for the reporting period, prescription drug deaths...