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 A front seated passenger in an SUV was ejected when the vehicle made a left turn through an intersection. The SUV was hit on the passenger side by another SUV. The ejected front passenger hit his head on the roadway and suffered brain trauma.
LSSLC, LLC (L.S. Sherman Litigation Consulting, LLC) was able to find our attorney clients the door latch expert that they needed to prove a defective latch design.
After preparing requests to the manufacturer for documents and reviewing the documents produced, we recommended to that a metallurgical test be performed. This test identified the defective material within the door latch design that allowed this component part to fail and the door to open at impact.
Our attorney client presented the results of this testing to defendants and the case settled for an undisclosed amount.
Why was LSSLC's involvement critical to success?
LSSLC determined that no key technical documents were produced by the defendant manufacturer. Then recommended that testing be done. An expert is often too busy to focus the attention to a particular case. LSSLC works on the entire matter and has a more complete understanding of how all the pieces fit together, in addition to what the case needs to be successful.
LSSLC only works in complex litigation and networks continuously with technical testifying experts.
This matter cost our attorney client little of his own time. We wrote draft letters, document requests and reviewed test protocol, with his final approval. We attended vehicles inspections, organized all of his case documents and the file. All fact witnesses were interviewed by us early in the preparation process. At settlement, only fact witness depositions had been taken. Our attorney client paid less for our time than he would a testifying expert, saved more of his own time and that of his staff for other matters. Further, he achieved a successful settlement with less case costs to his clients and his firm.
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