Winning a $2.4M subrogation case with a court-ready expert opinion documentation
Client: Forensic engineering practice (anonymized)
A $2.4M industrial fire subrogation depended on defensibly attributing cause to a specific piece of equipment. The engineer's initial opinion was technically sound but format-vulnerable — mixed exhibits, unclear methodology disclosure, and no chain-of-custody on photos. Opposing counsel indicated they would move to exclude.
Migrated the opinion into GARAASSETS's Court-Ready module. Re-organized 187 exhibits with hashes and timestamps, produced a methodology appendix citing NFPA 921 and BS 7974, enforced chain-of-custody for every photo. Delivered as a signed PDF/A-3 package with embedded exhibits.
- Motion to exclude: withdrawn after opinion re-submission
- Case settled at 92% of claim value (industry median: 68%)
- Expert cross-examination time: 4 hours (vs 2-day estimate)
- Practice now uses Court-Ready template for every opinion above $500K exposure
“Every exhibit ID matched, every photo had provenance, every claim was traceable to the standard. The methodology appendix ended the argument before it started.”
— Principal Engineer, Forensic engineering practice
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