Major litigation often springs from something gone badly wrong: explosions, collapses, and things that catch on fire that are not supposed to be on fire. In these cases a major source of evidence in discovery will be the output of the technical investigation. As an attorney, the better educated you are on the types of evidence such an investigation can produce, the more effective the case strategy you can craft.
Speaker
Steve Murray, Ph.D., P.E.
Group Vice President Exponent
Moderator
Mark Punzalan
Punzalan Law, P.C.
Topics
• Physical evidence and examination techniques to uncover all important information
• Field records and data analysis as a source of relevant case information (including failure projections)
• Analysis and re-creating testing. This is an unlimited source of information, but only some of it will be informative
• Creating an investigation evidence strategy: Mapping out opinions to be supported by the investigation to understand that you are using your efforts efficiently