Illustrative examples of our experience include:
- Facilitating dozens of accident, product failure, and personal injury investigations.
- Representing a chemical manufacturer in a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation involving a chemical leak from a ruptured rail car.
- Managing emergency response services and the investigation of a diesel spill from a million-gallon tank operated by a freight company.
- Counseling chemical companies and manufacturers on responding to environmental releases triggering agency investigations.
- Responding to a facility chemical explosion and coordinating the response and investigation with various state and local environmental officials.
- Investigating the electrocution of an insulation installer, which occurred during a plant outage as the employee was insulating power control boxes.
- Counseling a national developer and property management company regarding alleged tenant exposure to radon and compliance with regulatory testing and notice requirements.
- Assisting an architect in the investigation of a heat exchanger failure that resulted in significant damage to a heating plant.
- Counseling a crude oil owner and railcar lessee on the NTSB investigation and regulatory and commercial issues related to a derailment involving crude-by-rail.
- Advising a major fuel supplier on Carmack Amendment liability for a derailment in a multi-carrier movement of hazardous materials.
- Leading multiple corporate responses to administrative enforcement actions that shut down business operations and harmed reputational and financial aspects of the businesses.
