Dana Blum seeks to hold accountable those involved in the wrongful death of her 14 year old son. Blum hopes that the charges she brings against a Draper youth care facility will bring about changes. McConkie said, "Facilities that care for children need to be properly trained on life saving protocols in order to get children the medical attention they need if a health issue should arise." An...
Jim McConkie and Brad Parker have handled numerous wrongful death claims in the State of Utah and hold the record for a jury verdict in this area. Under common law, a dead person cannot bring a suit for the death of a relative. That rule has been overridden by a Utah law which, for example, permits a wife and children to bring a suit for the death of a husband.
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...
On March 28, 2007 the Utah Supreme Court was urged to abolish the prohibition a wife has to sue her husband for negligence. The case before the court revolves around a January 2002 accident in which Steven Ellis lost control of his vehicle, crossed the center lane of traffic and collided with a two ton truck, resulting in his own death and seriously injuring his wife. Under present Utah law,...
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...
