We Win Injury Law

Tyler Todd and co-host Jaren Sandberg welcome Matt Blanchard to the We Win Injury Law Podcast to share his story of strength, recovery, and hope. Matt Blanchard, in a 2005 rollover crash in whiteout conditions after refusing to wear a seatbelt, resulting in a T12 burst fracture, spinal cord injury, and paralysis, plus years of surgeries and therapy. He recounts regaining the ability to walk with a cane after extensive treatment, including stem cells and intensive physical therapy, while also discussing pride, forgiveness, perspective, and serving others. In 2021, a drunk driver crossed the median and caused another catastrophic crash, further...

Reclaiming Safety After an Accident: Somatic Trauma Therapy, Chronic Pain, and Insurance Battles (with Jennie Pool)

Host Tyler Todd and co-host Jaren Sandberg interview Jennie Pool, owner of Mend Counseling Center and a clinical mental health counselor specializing in complex trauma and somatic therapy. Jennie describes her path from college athletics to psychology, her focus on experienced clinicians, and how trauma from injuries includes fear, anxiety, depression, irritability, relationship strain, and chronic pain that can outlast physical healing. The discussion covers how triggers, shock, and adrenaline affect memory and reporting, why trauma is not linear, and how “wi...

Injury Case Myths: Medical Treatment, Gaps in Care, Preexisting Conditions, and Why Insurance Delays

Hosts Tyler Todd and co-host Jaren The Snow Canyon Man Sandberg discuss what personal injury clients should know but often aren’t told. They explain that while crash photos and accident stories matter for liability, insurance companies primarily evaluate claim value through medical records that substantiate pain and ongoing symptoms, making continued treatment important. They warn that gaps in treatment can significantly damage a case and that insurers frequently use preexisting conditions or alleged intervening events to minimize claims, so clients should fully di...

In today’s episode of the We Win Injury Law Podcast, we take a clear, factual, and unbiased look at one of the most talked-about criminal cases in Utah right now the ongoing legal proceedings involving a former BYU football player who has been charged with a first-degree felony following allegations of sexual assault.

Our goal is not to sensationalize, speculate, or make assumptions about guilt or innocence. Instead, we break down the verified facts, the current status of the case, and the legal steps that happen in serious felony cases like this one. We’ll w...

Dr. Steve on Telemedicine, Injury Documentation, and Recovery After Accidents.

Host Tyler Todd and co-host Jaren “The Snow Canyon Man” Sandberg welcome Dr. Steve Baum to the We Win Injury Law podcast. Dr. Steve shares his background: University of Utah undergrad in exercise physiology, Ohio State for medical school, an LDS mission in Mesa, Arizona, and two years in the Air Force as a tactical air controller working with Army units. He explains his medical practice path (family and obesity medicine, rural scholarship work in Casper, Wyoming and Wickenburg, Arizona, then occupational health focused on work-related injuries) and...

Understanding Personal Injury Law: The Basics and Beyond

In this episode of the We Win Injury Law Podcast, hosts Tyler Todd and Jaren Sandberg discuss the fundamentals of personal injury law, specifically focusing on tort law. The discussion covers essential concepts such as duty, breach, causation, and damages, which are crucial for anyone considering a career in law or dealing with personal injury cases. The hosts share insights from their experience as trial lawyers, including notable cases, the impact of previous injuries on claims, and the importance of reliable witnesses. They also provide practical advice for individuals...

Navigating Personal Injury Claims: Lessons from Tracy Morgan's Accident

In this episode of the We Win Injury Law Podcast, hosts Tyler Todd and Jaren Sandberg discuss the complexities and challenges of personal injury cases, using Tracy Morgan's 2014 accident with a Walmart truck as a case study. They explore issues such as the importance of having an injury lawyer, the role of future care planning, and the hurdles faced when dealing with large corporations and insurance companies. The hosts also provide insights into how personal injuries can permanently alter lives and highlight the necessity of fair compensation for...

Debating First Responder Immunity: Real-Life Scenarios and Legal Implications

In this episode of the We Win Injury Law Podcast, hosts Tyler Todd and Jaren Sandberg kick off the new year by discussing the legal complexities surrounding the liability of first responders such as EMTs, firefighters, and police officers. They share personal stories, including a dramatic account of aiding a drowning victim, to explore the ethical and legal responsibilities of Good Samaritans and professionals during emergency situations. The conversation expands to a critical case in Utah, where the Supreme Court reversed a decision on blanket immunity for first...

Utah's Legal Battle Against Big Tech: Protecting Children from Social Media Dangers

In this episode of the We Win Injury Law Podcast, hosts Tyler Todd and Jaren Sandberg discuss Utah's legal actions against big tech companies like Snapchat and TikTok. They delve into Utah's lawsuits over children's safety and consumer protection, and the broader implications these cases might have on addressing issues like social media addiction, online exploitation, and privacy concerns. The hosts emphasize the importance of protecting children from harmful online practices and call for increased accountability from both tech companies and parents. They also touch...

Titanic Liability & Real-World Safety Precautions

In this episode of We Win an Injury Law Show, co-hosts Tyler Todd and Jaren Sandberg discuss the concept of 'Titanic liability' and its relevance to real-world cases today. They delve into famous maritime disasters like the sinking of the Titanic and the recent submersible incident near the Titanic wreck. They explore negligence, safety precautions, and legal implications in various scenarios, highlighting the importance of being cautious in potentially hazardous situations. With a blend of humor and insightful commentary, they aim to provide valuable takeaways for their audience on how to assess...

Jurassic Park Liability: Exploring Legal Issues in Theme Parks

In this episode of the We Win Injury Law Podcast, hosts Tyler Todd and Jaren Sandberg delve into the fascinating legal implications of the fictional Jurassic Park, analyzing who would be liable for the various dinosaur-related incidents. The discussion touches on insurance, waivers, work comp claims, and real-life parallels with theme park injuries, offering insights on negligence and liability in both fictional and actual scenarios. Featuring entertaining banter and legal expertise, the episode also underscores the importance of consulting an injury lawyer even if a waiver has been...

The Astroworld Tragedy: Lessons in Event Safety and Crowd Control

Hosts Tyler Todd and Jaren Sandberg discuss the tragic 2021 Astroworld concert disaster, highlighting the chaos, injuries, and fatalities that ensued. They explore the failures in crowd control, medical staffing, and communication that led to the catastrophe, and discuss broader issues of event safety and liability. Additionally, the hosts share their personal experiences with large crowds and emphasize the importance of safety and preparedness at large events. The episode concludes with recommendations for ensuring safer concert experiences in the future.

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Utah's Unbelievable Legal Cases and Historical Disasters

In this episode of the We Win Injury Law Podcast, hosts Tyler Todd and Jaren Sandberg delve into a variety of gripping legal stories and historical cases from Utah. They touch on significant jury verdicts, including a $950 million birth injury case and a Utah County cancer misdiagnosis resulting in $16 million. They also describe recent bizarre incidents like children found in a refrigerated truck after a multi-vehicle crash. The hosts further discuss historical disasters such as the Castle Gate Mine explosion of 1924 and the 1944 Great Salt Lake train collision, emphasizing how...

2025 Recap and Highlights with We Win Injury Law

In this episode of the We Win Injury Law Podcast, hosts Tyler Todd and Jaren 'the Snow Canyon man' Sandberg recap the highlights and significant moments of their 2025 year. They discuss remarkable cases, including a six-year-long medical malpractice case and an intriguing gas line explosion case, as well as humorous and emotional moments in the office. They reflect on the company's growth, including hiring new staff, opening a new office in Murray, Utah, and achieving several multimillion-dollar settlements. The episode underscores their commitment to providing excellent legal representation and...

Legal Lessons from Home Alone: Holiday Safety and Home Liability!

In this episode of the We Win Injury Law Podcast, hosts Tyler and Jaren discuss various legal aspects of home safety and liability using the movie 'Home Alone' as a fun case study. They explore whether Kevin McCallister's booby traps could be considered self-defense or assault, the potential for liability of his parents, and the broader implications of homeowner responsibility. The discussion also touches on claims against airlines for routing minors without proper supervision and the importance of reasonable force in home defense. The episode concludes with...

Luke Udy brings 17 years of insurance experience and runs Udy and Associates, an American Family Insurance Agency that handles home, auto, boat, ATV, umbrella, landlord, apartment, HOA, and business insurance, with access to multiple national carriers, in Utah and neighboring states.

Luke explains what actually happens when Utah drivers think they have full coverage but are really sitting on the state minimums of 30-65-30. Full coverage only means comp and collision, and liability only still leaves people repairing their own vehicle or hitting limits that don’t match real injuries or damage.

Uninsured and un...

St George is growing fast and the roads are getting rougher. Speeding, red light runners, distraction, and following too close are causing most of the crashes police respond to. Officer Mitchell talks about what she sees every day: drivers going through intersections while looking at their phones, rushing to beat the lights, and sitting inches from another car’s bumper.

Hit-and-run accidents are happening more often. Many drivers leave the scene even though it is a crime that can lead to a suspended license and an impounded car. Parking lot cameras rarely capture the stalls, making it ha...

Chief Kyle Whitehead, Chief of Police for St. George, Utah, shares what really happens when a crash is reported and how officers handle accident scenes from the first call to the final report. 

Starting as a patrol officer in 1999 and working through every level of the department, Chief Whitehead explains what it means to serve a city that has grown from 62 officers to more than 150, and how the rapid population boom has changed the way policing looks in Southern Utah.

He walks through what happens when someone calls 911 after a crash, how officers a...

Most people proudly say they have full coverage on their car insurance. It sounds safe and complete, but full coverage does not mean what you think it means.

Full coverage usually means you meet the state minimum legal requirements. That is the bare minimum that keeps you on the road, but not the amount that keeps you financially protected. When serious accidents happen, those limits collapse fast. A single life flight can cost more than $100,000. ICU stays and surgeries can climb into the hundreds of thousands more. Families who thought they were fully covered are left with...

It finally feels like fall in Utah. Football weather is here. The mornings are cool, the games aren’t burning hot, and October has been one of the best in years. That means football, baseball playoffs, hockey, and the NBA all kicking off. Then it turns to a serious NFL story. Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was driving a rented Lamborghini in Dallas, racing another car at 119 miles an hour, when he lost control and caused a six-vehicle crash. Several people were hurt with brain trauma and internal bleeding. Both drivers left the scene.

Rice pled guilty to...

TikTok is becoming the new Court TV, where creators break down real lawsuits with in-depth analysis and commentary. They read complaints, review discovery motions, and explain how cases really work. Deep dives into the Idaho Four, the Cardi B lawsuit, the Blake Lively Baldoni case, the Diddy lawsuit, and the Murdoch murders have made TikTok feel like next-level courtroom TV.

When you look at the anatomy of a lawsuit, it’s interesting to see how it works and why it works that way. It’s not just paperwork, it’s your future. Each lawsuit represents one person’s story...

It is tough to talk about hard topics like when floods take lives and families are left to pick up the pieces. The floods in Texas were a real loss, a real tragedy, and what happened at Camp Mystic was an unspeakable tragedy. Children were killed in the flooding along the Guadalupe River over the Fourth of July weekend, and what should have been a holiday of celebration turned into chaos and heartbreak.

The flooding caught the area completely off guard. A hundred-year flood that swept through at night when people were asleep, and warning systems failed...

The lies insurance companies tell, and we've heard them all. Insurance adjusters are not your friends. Full coverage is not directly correlated with good coverage.

 Clients believe they are fully insured, but often it only means they meet the minimum requirements. Property damage is small compared to bodily injury, and you need real protection, not just the illusion of coverage.

Adjusters use tactics such as the friendly voice call with a quick settlement or the blame game and delay to shift liability away from their insured. Many people also d...

Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift are the most famous couple in America right now. Jersey sales spiked 400 percent, Chiefs ticket sales tripled, and a podcast deal reached 100 million. Brand value for the Chiefs and the NFL has increased by $331 million since they began dating. A love story or a strategy, he was fawning over her, and she was fawning over him.

A $5 million wedding ring, the stabbing in Charlotte, and the FBI getting involved, and a bicycle accident raise questions about safety, liability, and perspective on who is at fault. Cardi B's 24 million lawsuit was reduced to...

It was a heavy week, and we wanted to have this conversation as soon as possible and not too soon. The Charlie Kirk assassination, political violence, violence in America, and how that affects what we do daily with injury law and legal perspectives. The morning after September 11th was a heavy morning when the shooting at Utah Valley University was still fresh, and the conversation turned to both events.

Kids came home on September 10 saying, “Turn on the news.” Everyone was watching and talking about it. Teenagers and college students discussed the assassination and its meaning in Utah...

Utah has alarming accident statistics. In 2023, there were nearly sixty-five thousand crashes, twenty-six thousand injuries, and two hundred seventy-nine lives lost. That equals one crash every 8.8 minutes, an injury every twenty minutes, and a death every thirty-one hours. A recent wrong-way crash with a ninety-year-old driver raises tough questions about age restrictions and driver testing.

The hidden cost of accidents often comes when insurance companies deny or minimize claims. If they cannot dispute liability, they argue that the injuries came from other causes. We have had to file lawsuits just to reach insurance policies, and rates go...

A Hollywood showdown in a Beverly Hills courtroom, a peek inside the Cardi B assault $24 million lawsuit. Cardi B was at an OB-GYN clinic in 2018, secretly pregnant, when a security guard filmed her without permission, leading to an alleged heated verbal altercation, alleged scratching and spitting, emotional distress, and a lawsuit for damages that skyrocketed because a celebrity got involved.

How far did the alleged spit fly? Was it a Louie-level arc off the Titanic, or just accidental? Where were the real injuries? What are the damages? What would any jury do with a scratch claim and...

The Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively case took a major turn when the $400 million countersuit was dismissed. What began as a scorched-earth strategy, with a separate website and promises of transparency, quickly shifted when the judge struck nearly 300 pages from the record, calling it a publicity stunt.

Patience has disappeared in today’s world. People expect instant replies to texts and emails, entire seasons released at once, and faster games with pitch clocks. That same impatience is showing up in this lawsuit.

Social media rewarded quick PR moves, but the legal filings could not meet th...

The Holy War is more than a football game. BYU vs  UU, the University of Utah is one of the biggest rivalries in college sports and in the state of Utah. Families are divided, feelings run deep, and it is about more than wins and losses. The history goes back nearly 100 years, with Utah leading the series 62 to 36 with 4 ties.

So what is the origin of the Holy War, the cultural and religious undertones, and why does it go far beyond the field? BYU has the only national championship in the state, but Utah has the BCS b...

Tom Cruise, owls, and a real life Minority Report story show how AI in police investigations can go wrong. In 2020, Robert Williams was wrongfully arrested by the Detroit Police based solely on a facial recognition match from their AI system. He spent 30 hours in jail before being released. The settlement forced the Detroit Police to change procedures and require independent corroborating evidence before making arrests.

Facial recognition technology was supposed to make communities safer but often struggles with accuracy, especially in identifying minorities, leading to wrongful arrests and civil rights concerns. A similar case involved an elderly...

The Pacific Palisades fires started January 7, 2025 of this year and they were catastrophic. One of the biggest cities in the United States lost homes and entire neighborhoods. Millions of dollars were raised at concerts and charity events for fire victims. According to Spencer Pratt, none of it has reached the people who lost everything. His wife Heidi Montag is also part of the lawsuit, joining other victims in demanding answers.

WHERE IS THE MONEY?

Spencer Pratt is showing charitable organizations that were founded after the fires or existed before and still received fire money. He...

Why is Suits so popular? Is it the legal strategy, the drama, or just Harvey Specter being a stud? Legal shows aren’t anything like real life, but real legal drama is more compelling than fiction. The Karen Read trial proves that.

We break down real cases with massive verdicts. From the $50 million Starbucks tea burn to the GM gas tank explosion, the Ford Pinto, the drone footage that helped win a $70 million case, and more. We talk about what it takes to prove negligence, how companies try to hide evidence, and why punitive damages exist.

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There’s been a lot happening since our last podcast but the big one is Bryan Kohberger’s guilty plea in the Idaho 4 murders. This is the plea deal heard round the world. 

We talk through why some of the families are calling it a betrayal while others see it as closure. What does it really mean to get four consecutive life sentences without parole in a maximum security state prison and is that justice or just legal strategy.

We share thoughts on survivor’s guilt the emotional toll of a trial and what th...

Reddit is full of legal advice. Some of it’s helpful. Some of it’s flat-out wrong. In this episode, I go through real Reddit posts about injury law and insurance claims. If you’ve ever asked Google or Reddit what to do after a crash, this is what you need to know before you follow the advice of random strangers online.

How long until I get an offer on my underinsured motorist claim?
Usually 20 to 30 days after submitting a demand, but that first offer is almost always way too low. Getting an offer and ac...

Traffic across Utah is worse than ever from St George to Salt Lake and everywhere in between. We're talking freeway crashes, intersection collisions, and rear-end accidents in places like Riverton, Herriman, and the Thanksgiving Point exit. Congestion on I-15 is up, and rural highways are packed with semi trucks and tired drivers.

We share what happens after a crash, why police reports often say no injuries even when people are taken to the hospital, and how fear of ambulance and life flight bills keeps people from getting help. Freeway on-ramps are chaos with cars stacked four wide...

Most people don’t understand what to do when they get hit by a driver with no insurance or not enough coverage. We’re talking about uninsured and underinsured motorist claims. And yes, that includes suing your own insurance company. If you don’t know whether you have uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage, we’re talking to you.

What happens when someone hits you going 60 miles an hour and runs off with no insurance? We talk about how uninsured motorist claims work, how to file underinsured motorist claims when the other driver’s policy isn’t enough, an...

Close to a million dollars in wins this week. The SETTLEMENT CHAIN is out, and we break down what it means to fight as a team and why results like this are never just about one person. When we win, we win for you. Every paralegal, every staff member, every person who puts in the work matters.

KAREN READ UPDATE: The verdict came in. Not guilty on the major charges. We are talking about what happened inside the courtroom, the jury’s questions, the judge’s refusal to respond, and how this case beca...

We recently settled a car accident case for over $ 700,000 after the insurance company initially offered $ 20,000. The damage to the car didn’t look that bad, but the injuries were real. Our client needed surgery, had major medical bills, and couldn’t work. The driver who hit them had no insurance, so we filed an uninsured motorist claim against our client’s carrier.

Even after years of paying premiums, their own insurance company tried to lowball them. We talk through how we filed suit, walked away from mediation, rejected the low offers, and stayed ready to fight until we got...

The Alex Murdaugh murder trial goes from a southern charm injury lawyer to a convicted murderer sitting in prison for killing his wife and son. Eighteen million was stolen from his law firm, the boating accident involving his son that made national news, the Snapchat video that placed him at the crime scene, and the alibi that fell apart.

The motive prosecutors argued was to cover up financial crimes, but the motive never made sense. The brutal murders, the jury's reactions after hearing his testimony, and why his surviving son still believes he did not do it...

When you’re cooked, do you testify? That’s the big question as we dive into the trial of Bryan Kohberger and the Idaho 4 murders. From the Amazon knife search to the DNA found in the trash, we’re breaking down whether the defense has any real shot and what you do when all the evidence is stacked against you.

Is it better to plead the fifth or throw a Hail Mary and take the stand?

We talk through how motive matters in murder trials, how the defense might play the mental health card...