03 August 2008
Bragging Rights
08/07/08 17:11 Filed in: Civil
Rights | Medical
Malpractice
Sometimes
the work of a personal injury attorney feels like
toiling away without any reward. Then, on occasion,
being a lawyer has its good days too. I (Pete
Summerill here) am lucky enough to have prevailed
in the cases of Dexter v. Bosko (right of inmate to
bring civil rights action under Utah Constitution)
and Bybee v. Abdulla (preventing a doctor from
forcing wrongful death heirs into private
pay-to-play arbitration for claim of medical
malpractice). Now, those two cases are getting some
recognition as well: Bybee v. Abdulla was just
cited in the American Association for Justice’s
monthly magazine Trial and Dexter v. Bosko will be
featured locally in an article appearing in the
Utah Association for Justice’s publication Utah
Trial Journal. I hope that these decisions will go
a long way toward preserving the rights of wrongful
death heirs and the civil rights of prisoners well
into the future.