Bret Hanna of Wrona DuBois in Utah, focuses on litigating plaintiffs’ medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury cases. He has represented clients in state and federal courts, in mediations, and in administrative proceedings since 1991.
The Utah Legislature is in session and that can mean many things to many people; often encouraging and often discouraging, depending on one's perspective. But one bill moving through the…
A University of Utah College of Health doctoral candidate recently teamed with a local middle school to target bullying of children who are either overweight or underweight or because of their…
As we head into the post holiday doldrums of late January, I came across a missive by Rob Sullivan who blogs at lawyerology offering advice for the new year. His 5 suggestions are short, sweet…
Safety statistics for Utah's light rail train system TRAX recently released by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) show that while safety is improving, people continue to be their own worst…
Allstate has unclean hands, again. According to a recent report by NBC News, Dominic and Sheila Traina lost the home on Staten Island they shared for 43 years in Superstorm Sandy. They made a…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently issued a warning that upwards of 250,000 cars on the road could be equipped with counterfeit airbags. While that accounts for…
When does it stop? The latest victim is a 15-year-old teenager from Vernal, Utah. The boy and a friend were walking along the shoulder of 500 West in Vernal around 9:00 p.m. Sunday, when a…
One requirement of the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare, is that since July 2011 Utah hospitals have to report provider-preventable conditions to the Utah Department of Health. Such events can…
Bullying is a widespread persistent problem that requires vigilance to address. That requires some insight into what one should look for so that steps can be taken to stop it. That insight is…
Utah ranks 4th in the nation for prescription drug abuse and that abuse kills more Utahns each year than car accidents do. The problem is not limited to Utah, given that 48 million Americans have…
Appendectomies are very common and straightforward procedures that are performed every day. Why, then, are there such discrepancies in how much patients pay for them? A California study found…
According to a press release recently issued by Consumer Reports, an investigation conducted by the consumer watch dog organization reveals that some very common medical devices have never been…
