Practice Areas

Actions against hospitals, nursing homes, residential care facilities and other health care facilities are becoming more and more common. Claims may involve theories of malpractice, negligence, criminal negligence, neglect, abuse, even assault.

The attorneys at Kipp and Christian have the specialized knowledge and experience to represent clients in cases involving health care facilities, including reviewing medical records and other information to establish liability, determining the standard of care and whether it was met, identifying other potential causes of injury and presenting compelling cases to juries.

More and more, doctors, lawyers, accountants, insurance agents, brokers and other professionals are being sued for malpractice when something goes wrong or does not favor their patient or client.

Kipp and Christian has an established reputation for success in defending all kinds of professionals in malpractice actions.

The firm has been providing legal malpractice defense for more than 25 years. The firm has represented clients in a large portion of reported legal malpractice cases in Utah. Many more cases are resolved before trial.

In the medical malpractice arena, the firm has the skill and resources to review medical records, back up medical decisions, establish and defend the standard of care, and help juries and others understand the facts of these often complicated cases.

The firm’s attorneys are frequent lecturers on professional liability defense to lawyers, insurers and others.

Lawsuits against general contractors, subcontractors and other construction professionals are becoming more prevalent. In response, Utah law is continually evolving in this complex field of litigation. Kipp and Christian has established itself as one of the foremost defense firms for general contractors, subcontractors and design professionals.

Moreover, Kipp and Christian has been at the forefront of the ever-changing legal landscape of construction defect suits in Utah. Our attorneys have the specialized skillset to navigate these potentially large exposure suits.

Appellate practice is a specialized field. Oftentimes, even the best trial attorneys are ill-equipped to handle an appeal. Appellate practice involves unique rules of procedure, strategy for successful results and a different approach than that which most attorneys are accustomed.

Kipp and Christian has extensive appellate experience. Our attorneys play roles in creation and modification of the Rules of Appellate Procedure. Additionally, Kipp and Christian attorneys have been a part of the appellate process as clerks and interns to the various appellate courts.

Successfully defending lawsuits against trucking companies resulting from accidents involving semi-tractor trailers requires specialized knowledge of the trucking industry, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety regulations and legal issues unique to trucking accidents.

Kipp and Christian is widely recognized as a preeminent firm, defending the trucking industry in Utah. Clients include national and local trucking companies and insurers of the trucking industry. Firm attorneys are members of TIDA and the Trucking Section of DRI.

Property owners, whether commercial or residential, are often targets of litigation. Kipp and Christian has been representing property owners for decades. Our attorneys have the ability and resources to evaluate and defend property owners from suits.

When litigation involves allegations of hazardous, inadequately labeled, defective or unreasonably dangerous products, Kipp and Christian has the knowledge and resources to fully analyze the facts of each case in order to get the best possible result for our clients.

The firm represents clients in all kinds of product liability cases, including those involving allegations of defective product design, defective manufacturing, equipment defects, misuse by a third party and other foreseeable problems.

Kipp and Christian represents clients in cases involving drugs and medical devices, manufacturing defects, vehicles, large equipment including fire trucks, household appliances, toys and many other products.

Insurance companies rely on Kipp and Christian for advice and formal opinions on the scope and meaning of insurance policy coverage provisions and their duty to defend policyholders. The firm also provides experienced representation to insurance company clients facing litigation in a range of areas, including bad faith claims, environmental coverage issues, allocation, subrogation and other issues.

Kipp and Christian represents companies and other employers in cases involving claims of sexual harassment, hostile work environment, wrongful discharge, discrimination, Family Medical Leave Act claims, COBRA issues, Americans with Disability Act (ADA) claims, and other employment related matters.

Kipp and Christian has a broad background in resolving a wide variety of business disputes, with an emphasis on helping clients resolve disputes in an efficient, cost-effective manner.

The firm’s attorneys are skilled negotiators and trial lawyers, helping clients in all kinds of commercial transactions, litigation in state and federal court, mediation and arbitration.

Businesses operating in Utah need experienced advice in order to avoid unnecessary exposure or legal liabilities. Kipp and Christian has been successfully advising local business for over 70 years.