At the Utah State Bar Litigation Section’s 2016 Annual Meeting, members unanimously elected Strong & Hanni Shareholder Michael Stahler as the Chair-Elect for the Section.  The Litigation Section, with approximately 2,500 members, is the largest Section of the Utah State Bar and is very instru... Read more

This case involved an allegation by Plaintiff that she suffered fractures to two lumbar vertebrae during spine surgery by a St. George orthopedic spine surgeon.  Specifically, the surgeon utilized a relatively new minimally invasive surgical procedure, known as an XLIF, in which he performed an indirect decompression of the L4 and L5 lumbar vertebrae from which Plaintiff suffered with degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, and spinal c... Read more

Recent Artice by Kat Abke of Strong & Hanni Law Firm Featured in Salt Lake Tribune Law Day Special Edition   Since Miranda v. Arizona was decided in 1966, the “Miranda Warnings” have become ingrained in the national conscience as an essential component of police procedure, so much so that the United States Supreme Court has recognized only one exception to the warning requirement. This exception, known as the public safety except... Read more

The Utah Supreme Court ruled that children under 5 cannot be held legally responsible for negligence, saying they have a limited capacity to appreciate how their actions can harm others and an "inadequate internal ability" to control impulses that might lead to injuries. The ruling reverses a 3rd District Court order denying a request to dismiss negligence claims against a 4 year old boy, who was sued by his babysitter for allegedly causing her t... Read more

ALPINE HOME MEDICAL PRESIDENT JAY BROADBENT NAMED UTAH’S SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR Broadbent to be formally recognized in Washington, D.C. on May 1-2   Utah Small Business Person of the Year - Alpine Home Medical
Jay B. Broadbent is the Founder and President of Salt Lake City-based Alpine Home Medical.  Since 1997, Alpine Home Medical has been one of Utah’s premier providers of sales, leasing and servicing of home medical... Read more

Catherine Larson and Kathleen Abke Obtain Unanimous Defense Verdict Following Two-Day Jury Trial February 1, 2016   This case involved Plaintiff's allegation that she had not received a RhoGAM shot during her 2008 pregnancy and, as a result, developed antibodies to the D antigen, thereby presenting a risk to Plaintiff’s future children while in utero. Plaintiff filed her claim in 2012. Defendants asserted a statute of limitations ... Read more

Jan. 22, 1923 ~ Dec. 25, 2015 Glenn was born in Moore, Id and passed away from natural causes at his home in SLC , Ut. He was almost 93 years old, found joy in each day and if asked how are you, " I couldn't be better! " He moved to SLC during his high school years and basically resided there the remainder of his long life. After serving in the U.S. Navy as a pilot, he attended the University of Utah and graduated "Order of the Coif" (num... Read more

October 15, 2014 The case was one in which the patient suffered a nontraumatic rupture of her patellar tendon following a series of steroid injections over the prior 10 months due to patellar bursitis. The defendant orthopedic surgeon repaired the tendon which was noted to have a higher risk of complications due to the steroid injections. Approximately three weeks following the repair, the patient developed a small infection of a suture site, la... Read more

March 16, 2015 On March 12, 2015, Robert Janicki and Michael Ford obtained summary judgment in favor of a residential developer client on a construction defect claim. The plaintiff homeowner had alleged that the developer had fraudulently concealed the existence of collapsible soils beneath the residence, but Mr. Janicki and Mr. Ford successfully argued that the claim was barred by the applicable statute of limitations because the homeowner knew... Read more

Strong & Hanni attorney, Michael Stahler, was elected as the Secretary of the Litigation Section of the Utah Bar at their annual meeting on June 11, 2014. Stahler has served as a member of the Executive Committee for the Litigation Section since June 2012 and has played a crucial role as a presenter and organizer of several Section events.  and was the primary organizer for the Section’s 2013 Trial Skills Academy that took place over tw... Read more

Peter Barlow and Andrew Day Obtain Unanimous No Cause Jury Verdict in Traumatic Brain Injury Lawsuit After a five-day jury trial in the Fourth Judicial District Court, Strong & Hanni obtained a unanimous no cause jury verdict on behalf of its client, Reed Allen. The case involved a plaintiff (7-year-old boy) that was playing at a home rented by his friend’s family, when he laid down on a cement ledge which overlooked an exterior basem... Read more