Lanier v. Pyne

CROCKETT, Justice:

Plaintiff, Jerry K. Lanier, while driving a yellow cab was injured in a collision with a truck belonging to Gibbons & Reed Construction Company. For his injury and disability he was paid workmen’s compensation totaling $3,301.22 by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Meanwhile, the plaintiff had employed his own attorneys on a one-third contingent fee basis to sue Gibbons & Reed for about $100,000 for negligently causing him injuries and damage, as permitted by Section 35-1-62, U.C.A. 1953.

During the pendency of the action, Liberty Mutual, through its attorneys, intervened,…