Wrongful Death

• Driver Who Killed Utah Runner Suspected of Driving Under the Influence

  Bret Hanna | October 13, 2009 9:49 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Jeremy Kunz, 33, was in Las Vegas over the weekend to run the Las Vegas Ragnar Relay with his family. Race organizers describe the event as: RED ROCK then VIEWS OF THE STRIP at night then more RED...

• Another Senseless Hazing Death

  Bret Hanna | August 03, 2009 11:27 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  I've blogged on this topic before. This time the hazing death occurred in North Carolina and instead of alcohol poisoning being the cause, it was repeated tackling by members of the Theta Chi...

• Utah's Largest Wrongful Death Verdict - 50 Million Dollars

  Brad Parker | April 24, 2007 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  My partner Jim McConkie and I, two Salt Lake City personal injury attorneys who have practiced together for almost thirty years, hold the record for the largest wrongul death verdict ever obtained in the state. We obtained the verdict in a federal court case we filed relating to the death of Rulon Allred. The case was tried in the Federal District Court in Salt Lake City before a jury...

• Hazing Should Have Real Consequences

  Bret Hanna | July 22, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Last November, Michael Starks, an 18-year-old freshman at Utah State University and Sigma Nu pledge, died of alcohol poisoning after a hazing event. On the night of his death, Starks' future...

• Gunman Kills In Omaha Mall

  Amy Schauers | December 05, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A gunman, name not yet released, open fired at Westroads Mall in Omaha today. It is reported that he killed eight people and five more are wounded, two of those critically, before taking his own life. Police received a call reporting a shooter about 1:45 p.m. and arrived six minutes later. Most of the victims were inside Von Maur, said Omaha Police spokeswoman Teresa Negron."My knees rocked. I...

• Car Accident Kills Logan Teenager

  Amy Schauers | October 30, 2007 4:09 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  17-year-old Andrew Keith Hyer died Monday after a rollover car accident involving a Chevrolet Suburban swerving to avoid another car that pulled out in front of them on U.S. Route 9. Three people were ejected from the Suburban and seven were sent to local Logan area hospitals. McConkie said, "My heart goes out to the families of the victims. I believe that the negligent person(s) should be...

• Collision With A Semi-Truck? Who Suffers The Damage?

  Brad Parker | June 05, 2007 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  When automobiles are involved in highway accidents with semi- trucks, those traveling in the automobiles are generally at far greater risk and danger than those traveling in the semi-trucks. It is really just a matter of physics. The mass and kinetic energy of a loaded semi truck traveling at 55 miles per hour is almost always significantly greater than the mass and kinetic energy of any...

• Serious Problems Found at Crandall Canyon Mine 3 Years Before Collapse

  Jenny Albano | October 02, 2007 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Inspectors from The Bureau of Land Management stated that there were "serious structural problems" found at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah three years before the roof of the mine collapsed and killed nine people in August 2007. But the Labor Department did not know about the problems with the mine until after the collapse and the agency approved mining at the site."This is like the CIA not...

• Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Comcast

  Christina Cole | March 14, 2007 12:10 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Comcast and their subcontractor firm, Premier Cable Communications, were on notice that they had a dangerous employee out in the field, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed over alleged murders by one of their technicians.The lawsuit was filed on March 6, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, on behalf of the fiancé of the victim. He is also the administrator of the estate and acting for...

• DNA Sample Used in 1974 Wrongful Death

  Amy Schauers | November 08, 2007 3:25 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Current DNA technology helped police match samples gathered 33 years ago in a murder case to suspect Gerald Walter Hicker. Hicker actually made the initial missing persons report back in 1974. Prosecutors charged Hicker with first-degree felony murder for the death of Barbara Jean Rocky. Barbara was a BYU student and was found shot six times in Cottonwood Canyon March 12, 1974. New DNA...