The Winning Line

Engineering litigation is rarely about who is right or who has been wronged. It is mostly about which side develops and secures a winning line of argument that will, at worst, persuade a ruling body to settle the litigation in their favour or, at best, dissuade the other side from proceeding with the litigation. It rarely proceeds without some doubt in the case evidence. The settlement of this doubt requires the judgement of a ruling body. Expert witnesses can add substance and credibility to the formalised litigation drama.

This book provides a unique sourcebook for expert witness and underwriters in engineering litigation of a range of case examples that can be used to plan their future litigation work and to help them develop their own winning lines of arguments. These examples are based on the author's 30-year experience in engineering litigation and include. Students in forensic engineering and risk engineering will find the book's cross-displinary approach an ideal introduction to the subject.

The breadth of the range of case studies in mechanical failure, product liability, human injury, fraud and crime and intellectual property Other texts (see below) do not have this range As forensic engineering is taught through case studies, the book has an advantage over other student texts The book's concentration on what is needed to win a litigation case (the only important matter in essence), through over thirty fully-documented case studies is its USP in the professional market of expert witnesses, practitioners, and underwriters in engineering litigation Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Cases of Machinery Failure.- Cases of Product Liability.- Case Examples of Human Injury.- Cases Involving Intellectual Property.- Case Examples of Fraud and Crime.- Concluding Brief on Expert Witness Reporting and Case Delivery.