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.
In a recent article which appeared on The Huffington Post, Joanne Doroshow arrives at a conclusion that appears to many to be counter intuitive – medical malpractice reform will increase, not…
But that may be changing – to the chagrin of the hospital community. The attitude of hospitals toward patients is palpable when one reads online postings such as Consumer Access to Hospital Data…
In yet another attempt to shield themselves from public scrutiny, some doctors are now requiring their patients to sign waivers that limit what they can say about the care they have received on…
A Utah couple will get another trial after the defense attorney made an inappropriate reference to the McDonald’s coffee case during closing argument in their first trial. John Boyle was struck in a…
Every newspaper headline and news broadcast in Utah currently leads with dire predictions of and information on spring flooding. Persistent moist weather patterns on top of amazing snow totals have…
“Every 15 Minutes” was conceived in Canada as a “scared straight” type program aimed at reducing drinking and driving by high school students. The program migrated to the…
In the wake of a number of pipeline failures, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood launched a nationwide pipeline safety initiative yesterday. The failures include a natural gas pipeline explosion in…
Republican lawmakers in Florida are busy beating the tort reform, or deform, drum. The target of such efforts this time? The poor and disenfranchised citizens of Florida who depend on Medicaid for…
The Housing Authority of the County of Salt Lake has been working to wean tenants from smoking in units it oversees since 2007. It recently made the decision to ban smoking at Union Plaza, home to…
Last August 9th, a bus carrying tourists destined for Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah left Interstate 15 near Cedar City and rolled. Three passengers died as a result of injuries…
The Oklahoma legislature is considering tort reform legislation like that which has and continues to be pushed around the country. As often is the case, local newspapers will editorialize on various…
According to breaking news from The Washington Post, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), a private, non-profit organization that contracts with the federal government to coordinate organ…