Gary Atkin focuses his practice on personal injury and litigation as he has done for more than 40 years. The vast majority of these personal injury cases are handled on a “contingent fee” basis, which means the fees and costs of litigation are paid out of the proceeds of the case.
In addition to handling numerous standard personal injury cases, Gary has concentrated on “third party” cases for injured employees. While Utah’s workers’ compensation laws do not permit an injured worker to sue his employer or fellow employees for damages suffered on the job, they do allow actions against other persons (“third parties") who may have partially caused that injury. Most automobile accidents which occur on the job fall into this category. Some types of “third party” cases are not quite so obvious, however. Falls or other injuries at construction sites which may result from safety failures of a general contractor or other subcontractor on that project may result in “third party” actions against them. Injuries on ladders, defective scaffolding, improperly charged gas or electric lines, equipment defects or failures, defective vehicles, defective or non-existent warning signs, and trench collapses are just of few of the other types of “third party” cases handled by Gary over the years.
If you have been injured on the job, a telephone call to Gary can generally answer the question of whether you may be entitled to bring a third party action. There is no charge for a consultation.
