Miscellaneous

• Mining Injuries Increase Due to Lax Enforcement

  James McConkie | August 12, 2007 7:35 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Jim McConkie and Brad Parker spoke with other members of the legal community about the Bush administrations failure to strictly enforce mining safety regulations. Mr. McConkie said that this administration has issued fewer and smaller major fines and has failed to collect half of the money that violators owed." Such lapses contribute to an environment where accidents happen. When personal...

• Personal Injury to Baby

  James McConkie | August 10, 2007 8:29 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  McConkie said today that in a lawsuit against one of the largest hospitals in Utah, the doctors in the case admitted that if the nurses had called and informed them of the mother and child's condition that they would have gone to the hospital to deliver the baby sooner. Had this been done, the doctors could have intervened and more likely than not saved this newborn form serious birth injuries...

• Wrongful Death in Mine Accident in Utah

  James McConkie | August 10, 2007 8:11 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  As concern for the six miners trapped in a mine in Utah increased, Jim McConkie, Brad Parker, and other personal injury attorneys met to talk about mine safety standards which sometimes result in the wrongful death of coal miners. McConkie said that sometimes the safety regulations contained in the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 are ignored. The purpose of the act is assure health...

• Toshiba Recalls Notebook Computer Batteries Due to Fire Hazard

  Courtney Mills | August 09, 2007 1:26 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in conjunction with Toshiba America issued a recall of approximately 1,400 computer notebook batteries on August 9th. The lithium-ion batteries used as a power source for these computers can overheat and catch on fire.Defective batteries manufactured by Sony were installed in Toshiba computers with model names such as Portege, Qosmio, Satellite, and...

• Food Made from Cardboard Found in China

  Jenny Albano | July 14, 2007 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A report that aired on a Chinese television show, illustrated the country's problem with food regulation and safety. The State TV's investigation uncovered steamed buns sold on the street made mostly out of chopped cardboard.The snack, which is called baozi, is normally made with an outer shell of wheat or rice, and it is filled with sliced pork. This vendor made his baozis out of cardboard...

• Traumatic Brain Injury and Negligence

  James McConkie | June 05, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a blow or jolt to the head that impairs the normal functioning of the brain. TBI can result in short or long-term problems with independent function. There are about 1.4 million TBIs each year and of that number 235,000 are hospitalized. It is important for lawyers who work in this area to have extensive experience not only in the medicine involved but also...

• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against USANA

  Christina Cole | March 28, 2007 11:07 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A newly filed lawsuit alleges Salt Lake City-based USANA Health Sciences executives were operating an illegal pyramid scheme that misled investors into thinking it was a trustworthy business model, while making off with millions of dollars by selling company stock at artificially inflated prices.The proposed class action lawsuit was filed in Utah's federal court. The suit seeks to recover stock...

• Two Personal Injury Lawsuits Filed Against ConAgra

  Christina Cole | March 20, 2007 12:33 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  ConAgra foods widened their recall of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter by one year as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration works to investigate a recent salmonella outbreak amongst consumers.The recall was extended back to October 2004 from December 2005, the FDA said in an advisory posted on its website. Food regulators said consumers who have purchased and Peter Pan or Great Value...

• James McConkie, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | February 19, 2007 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Mr. McConkie has successfully tried a number of landmark cases individually and with his partner, Bradley Parker. These include cases involving jury verdicts in excess of a million dollars and verdicts awarding the largest wrongful death damages ($52 million) and the largest medical malpractice damages ($9.7 million) in the history of Utah. He has also successfully tried important civil rights...

• Parker & McConkie

  Staff Writer | February 18, 2007 12:19 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Brad ParkerBrad Parker has extensive jury and bench trial experience in both civil and criminal cases. He has served as an arbitrator in personal injury and medical malpractice matters and taught law related subjects for several years as an adjunct professor at Westminster College. He has lectured around the state on the subject of medical malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death...