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Truck Accidents cause some of the most severe personal injuries to Utahns. Semi-trucks can weigh over 18,000 lbs. and seriously change or take the life of an individual traveling in a smaller vehicle over 70 miles an hour. What can be even more dangerous is that many of these trucks also are pulling hazardous materialsContinue reading “What to do if you were injured in a truck accident in Utah”

How much is my Utah personal injury case worth? One thing that is important to consider in a personal injury case is how much a personal injury case is worth. This is a part of personal injury cases that many people may not understand or overlook. Perhaps you have a strong case factually where youContinue reading “What damages can I recover in a Utah Personal Injury case?”

Below is the full Utah Code that outlines Discriminatory or Prohibited practices and permitted practices as outlined below: Effective 5/10/2016 34A-5-106. Discriminatory or prohibited employment practices — Permitted practices. (1)It is a discriminatory or prohibited employment practice to take an action described in Subsections (1)(a) through (g).(a)(i)An employer may not refuse to hire, promote, discharge,Continue reading “Discriminatory Employment in Utah”

Harassment in schools is something that many communities in the U.S. have tried to take on. There have been more public awareness, commercials and stunts about bullying then there has been in the past. However, despite that, bullying still can prevail in a school environment. Each school has a policy on how to handle aContinue reading “Harassment and discrimination in Utah Schools”

So far, the laws enacted in the state of Utah and the federal government only involve individuals who were terminated or harassed, or were not hired due to race, age, disability, color, religion or retaliation on an individual for making a claim of such issues in the workplace. So the question is for a lotContinue reading “Hostile work environment and bullying in the workplace”

Most people that work here in Utah know that this state is known for its at-will status. At-will means that both parties, the employer and employee can break the employment agreement at anytime they want. When an employer hires an employee, they make an offer to that person to work for them in exchange forContinue reading “The difference between “fire at-will” and “firing at-will””

If you have been involved in a personal injury related to a product, you can seek damages against the manufacturer of the company for the product. In order to prevail, the individual must prove the product is defective. This one point makes product injury cases complex cases especially when the company is spending money onContinue reading “Utah Products Liability and Injury”

(This is the final article to a three-part series, Part 1 of the series discusses the basic principles of freedom of religion on the constitution, Part 2 of the series discusses why it is important and the history behind the freedom of religion clauses before and after it was enacted, the final Part 3 nowContinue reading “Freedom of religion in the workplace, government and everywhere else, Part 3”

(This a series explaining how freedom of religion plays a role in the constitution our government and our private sector, part 1 covers the basics of freedom of religion in the constitution) In light of all these cases and the current supreme court decisions, explained in the other section, the problem now becomes that someContinue reading “Freedom of religion in the workplace, government and everywhere else: Part 2”

A lot of businesses downplay religion in the workplace. Many individuals also believe that the government downplays religion, that is a major factor to what gives businesses this justification in the first place. However, there is a distinction between what the government is ruling on when it takes religion out of the government and whenContinue reading “Freedom of religion in the workplace, in the government and everywhere else: Part 1, The Basics.”