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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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