PRACTICE AREA
Catastrophic Injury & Products Liability Defense
Complex claims demand a deeper perspective.
Our firm defends ski areas, recreational facilities, product manufacturers, and insurance carriers in catastrophic and complex personal injury and death litigation. When a catastrophic injury claim threatens not just a judgment, but the reputation, operations, and future of the enterprise, our clients turn to us.
OUR EXPERIENCE
Ski, Resort, and Recreational Facility Defense
Chairlift and gondola incidents, terrain park and on-mountain accidents, equipment failure claims, and the assumption-of-risk and statutory defenses unique to skiing and recreational liability laws.
Design and manufacturing defect claims, failure-to-warn allegations, and single-incident and mass tort exposure, supported by rigorous engineering, biomechanical, and human-factors analysis.
Product Liability Defense
Catastrophic Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Defense
Traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and other high-risk claims requiring command of complex legal, medical causation, and damages issues.
Bad faith, insurance practices, and related coverage claims, coverage-sensitive defense, and litigation strategy built around long-term exposure management.
Insurance Industry Representation
Technical rigor.
Real-world results.
We combine the technical rigor demanded by science-heavy defense work with creative vision - anticipating plaintiffs' theories before they're filed, building the record early, and crafting defense narratives that resonate with judges and juries. Our clients don't come to us for routine defense. They come to us when the outcome matters most, and they need lawyers who will out-prepare, out-think, and out-try the other side.
THE ATTORNEYS BEHIND THE WORK
Kurt Gilbert
Partner
Elizabeth Sanderson
Associate Attorney
Alton Smith
Associate Attorney
David Lynn
Associate Attorney
