National Forensic Consultants has the expertise to conduct a solid, detailed investigation into any variety of product liability claims. NFC’s Regional Managers will work with you to determine the exact type of expert you need.

Our experts have the knowledge and skills to determine if the loss was due to a product or manufacturing defect or simple abuse/misuse of the product. Our experts can assist in determining if the product failed because it was used improperly (failure to warn), manufactured incorrectly (manufacturing defect), or designed improperly from the start (design defect). It is critical to determine what happened and how it happened. Additionally, NFC can provide you with data to pursue subrogation and/or seek contributions from potential tortfeasors.

Product liability cases can be very complex so, depending on your case, we may suggest more than one discipline to obtain an accurate conclusion. The types of experts needed can be very diverse and include:

• Mechanical engineering design experts who are familiar with the design process
• Materials engineering experts who can assess whether the right materials were used in a design
• Electrical engineering experts with experience ranging from soldering components onto boards to assessing power generation facilities to something as complex as Energy Storage and Conversion Systems (batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors)
• Experts in the analysis of engineering products
• Chemical or material experts

Our experts have experience with a wide variety of cases and investigations. Some examples of what we can assess include:

• Exercise equipment
• Recreational vehicles
• Commercial products
• Consumer products
• Laptop computers
• Electrical components
• Batteries
• Fuel cells
• Automobiles

NFC has the capacity handle many more issues. If you do not see what you are looking for, please call us and speak to one of our Regional Managers.