Legal & Insurance Support

Crane Engineering has provided expert witness testimony in support of litigation and subrogation since 1978. Our staff of experienced professionals meets the most exacting criteria of the Daubert/Freye rulings. We combine academic and professional credentials with extensive, specific experience and support our findings with the technical expertise of both our internal laboratories and our extensive industry alliances.

Crane Engineering’s mission is to provide exacting scientific fact, not to advocate. We firmly believe there is only one true technical cause – although there may be a combination of related factors for any event. We stand firmly behind our justice system: Once we have provided sound technical information it remains for lawyers, courts, and insurance professionals to make decisions in the settlement of disputes.

• In support of subrogation – We are members of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals. We have performed extensive technical evaluations of products and processes to help legal and insurance professionals determine the viability of subrogation claims.
• In support of plaintiff litigation – Our internal laboratories allow us to perform material identification and composition analysis on site. We conduct electrical, chemical, metallurgical, and micro-photographic examination of evidentiary samples to define causal relationships and interactions.
• In support of the defense – As active participants in the Defense Research Institute, Crane Engineering professionals frequently are called upon to research the technical plausibility of claims where early assumptions of causal factors may be unwarranted or simply wrong.

We are proud of our record in relentless pursuit of the true cause of events. Legal and insurance professionals can rely on us to investigate, define, and determine those causes. Some of our areas of expertise:

• Fire and arson – identification of ignitable liquid residues
• Automobile and transportation disasters
• Failure analysis and product liability issues
• Toxicity and safety issues related to chemical content or events
• Process-related factors affecting product characteristics

Please contact us to discuss how Crane Engineering can help your company in support of subrogation, litigation, and product liability cases.