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Mr. Garrett S. Handy
Handy & Handy, PC
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My law practice is dedicated to helping individuals who have been injured in an accident due to someone else's negligence. I handle cases throughout the State of Utah involving wrongful death, car accidents, slip and fall, dog bite, product liability, brain injury, etc.
Education
- Wake Forest University
- J.D. | Law
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- University of Utah
- B.A. | Political Science
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Professional Experience
- Partner
- Handy & Handy, PC
- - Current
- Lawyer
- Law Office of Garrett S. Handy, PC
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- Lawyer
- Siegfried & Jensen
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- Intern
- Utah Court of Appeals
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- Intern to Judge Pamela Greenwood
Awards
- Legal Elite
- Utah Business
- Legal Elite
- Utah Business
- Legal Elite
- Utah Business
- Legal Elite
- Utah Business
- Legal Elite
- Utah Business
Professional Associations
- Utah Association for Justice
- Member
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Utah
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Fees
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
Additional Practice Area
- Insurance Bad Faith
Languages
- Portuguese: Spoken, Written
Legal Answers
- Q. If a person falls on a buisness property, is it the buisnesses responsibility to cover the costs? Medical etc.
- A: A business owner is not responsible for all accidents/injuries that occur on their property. However, I think this is common assumption that a lot of people have. They assume that if they fall and get injured on someone else's property that the property owner is responsible to pay medical bills. As with virtually all personal injury cases, you first have to prove that the property owner was negligent for allowing a hazardous condition (like a trip/slip hazard) to persist. So, the specific facts of each slip and fall case are import. We'd have to evaluate all of the facts before being able to give you an opinion as to whether Wal Mart is liable. In my experience, Wal Mart will ... Read More
- Q. I have a friend who is a school bus driver. She drives special needs kids. She had an accident in her bus.
- A: This is a good question that involves a situation where someone was on the job when involved (and at fault) for an accident. In cases like this the employer is going to generally be responsible for the employee's negligent conduct. This is the legal principle of respondeat superior. Presumably your friend was acting within the course and scope of her employment with the school/county when the accident happened. As such, the employer is going to be on the hook for your friend's allegedly negligent acts. You friend will likely be involved in any litigation against her employer. Specifically, she may have to provide deposition testimony. However, more likely than not, the county ... Read More
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