Utah Law Talk

Gary Coleman was declared dead today, May 28, 2010, in Provo, Utah, following a brain injury he received two days earlier in his home. According to KSL News, Coleman suffered a brain hemorrhage as a result of what some are describing as a fall.

Certainly, my sincere condolences go out to Gary Coleman’s family. Coleman did have a pre-existing history of a rare kidney disease which doctors say caused his growth to be stunted. He has received two kidney transplants by the age of 14 but suffered due to ill effects from dialysis treatment. In already frail health, he certainly didn’t need a traumatic brain injury.

Of interest from a Utah accident lawyer point of view, is the Utah pedestrian accident he was involved in back on September 6, 2008. In that case, Utah resident Colt Rushton accused Coleman and his wife of trying to run him over with a car outside a bowling alley in Payson, Utah. Rushton filed a lawsuit in September of 2008 claiming that Coleman’s wife, Shannon Price, grabbed his cell phone after he tried to take a picture of Coleman leaving the bowling alley.

Rushton, from Spanish Fork, Utah, says that after he attempted to take pictures of Gary Coleman, that Coleman became agitated and demanded $20 to take his picture. Coleman’s wife then took the cell phone away from Rushton when she says he tried to take another picture. Rushton’s attorney said, “”As he was taking the photograph, Mr. Coleman’s wife, Shannon Price, attacked him from behind, clawed him, tore up his arm and took the cell phone.” Rushton also claimed that Gary Coleman purposely ran him over with his truck. The case was later settled on or around January 14, 2010.

Ron Kramer is a Utah brain injury attorney who handles personal injury cases throughout the state of Utah.

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