Determining whether design, manufacturing, or warnings failed.
Engineering analysis of design defects, manufacturing defects, and failure-to-warn claims for attorneys and insurers.
We evaluate whether a product's design, manufacturing, or warnings contributed to an injury, and we go further than a single incident review when it's useful: forecasting future failures, assessing product quality and reliability, and using statistical methods and risk assessment to predict how a product will actually perform in the field.
Design defect claims, manufacturing defect claims, failure-to-warn claims, product recalls, warranty disputes, and cases where a product's foreseeable use or misuse is in question. It's rarely too early to bring in an expert on product liability, before you file is when a solid theory of liability, or the alternative theories you hadn't considered, actually change your strategy.
Product evaluation, material failure analysis, and design review, methods we've applied to product liability cases since the firm's founding in 1967. Beyond the technical analysis, we help define the theory of liability itself, and how it might be attacked, so you're not finding out the hard way what an opposing expert already knew.
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Do you test the physical product? We don't conduct physical testing at our office. Our work centers on engineering evaluation, material failure analysis, and design review.