Litigation and Risk Management

By Anderson Materials Evaluation

Anderson Materials Evaluation, Inc. has worked with many
law firms, forensic engineering firms, and insurance
companies to assess risk management issues and to assist in
technical litigation issues involving materials and their
properties.
AME has worked on numerous cases involving evaluations of
corrosion and other failures in building water systems, air
conditioning systems, and sprinkler systems. We have
investigated the etching of window glass by concrete and
stonework cleaning compounds. We have analyzed the
chemical destruction of a concrete and stone facades, the
corrosion of metal facades and window and door frames, the
fire retardants in cedar roofing shakes, the causes of water
penetration of mortars and asphalt-based and other
sealants. We proved conclusively that damage to plate glass
windows was caused by welding splatter. We determined that
high atrium plate glass windows had shattered due to
microscopic inclusions of nickel sulfide.
We proved that the manufacturer accused of producing a
noxious odor-producing foam material was not in fact the
manufacturer of the odoriferous foam. We proved that a
camouflage suit had not been treated with fire retardants as
was claimed. We determined that eye glasses that were
claimed to have safety glass lenses did not. We determined
the cause of massive corrosion in an aluminum swimming
pool ladder that caused a personal injury to assist five
companies involved in various aspects of its manufacture and
use to determine how to apportion the costs of a court injury
award among themselves. The problem was a sulfuric
anodization process that could not subsequently be exposed
to an environment with high chlorine concentrations.
We determined the cause of failure for aluminum alloy welds
in a dump truck. We measured the static coefficient of
friction of a coating applied on a swimming pool deck and
showed that it provided high traction even when wet due to a
high surface roughness on three size scales, contrary to a
plaintiffs claims that it was slippery when wet.
 We proved that poor quality controls of an adhesive widely
used to adhere laminate to cabinetry was responsible for
many adhesive failures due to separation of adhesive
ingredients and crystallization of the resin with ageing.

Law Firms:
Anderson, Coe & King, LLP
Bacon, Thornton & Palmer, LLP
Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP
Crosswhite, McKenna, Limbrick & Sinclair, LLP
Digney York Associates, LLC
Finkelstein & Goldman, P.C.
John J. Fausti & Associates, LLC
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
Knapp, Ohl & Green
Lakin & Lakin
 Law Offices of Joel B. Albert, P.C.
Merchant & Gould
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
Robol Law Office, LLC
Rogin Nassau LLC
Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
Saul Ewing LLP
Semmes, Bowen & Semmes
Steven J. Tegrar
Shuman McCusky & Slicer, PLLC
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Timothy Guy Smith, P.C.
Tuggle Duggins P.A.
Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP
Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP
Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
Forensic & Problem-Solving Engineering Firms:
Building Dynamics, LLC
Building Engineering-Consultants, Inc.
Building Exterior Solutions, LLC
Chesapeake Consultant Group
Criterium-Yingst Engineers, Inc.
Datanet Engineering
Delta Engineering & Inspection, Inc.
Engineering and Technical Consultants, Inc.
Environmental Consultants and Contractors Inc.
Forensic Analysis & Engineering Corp.
Forensic Analysis & Engineering Corp.
Forensic Engineering Inc.
Forensic Metallurgy Associates Inc.
Hoffmann & Feige, Inc.
Kenney Engineering LLC
 KTA-Tator, Inc.
McIntyre & Associates LLC
Metal Fatigue Solutions, Inc.
Rolf Jensen and Associates, Inc.
Rothfuss Engineering Co.
S. C. Herman & Associates, Inc.
Sperko Engineering Services, Inc.
Spears/Votta and Associates, Inc.
Tadjer-Cohen-Edelson Assoc., Inc.
Trident Engineering Associates, Inc.
Whitlock Dalrymple Poston & Associates Inc.
Whitney Bailey Cox & Magnani, LLC
Insurance Companies:
Broadspire, a Crawford Co.
Essex Insurance Co. of Markel Corp.
Erie Insurance Group
Travelers Indemnity Co.
Windsor Mount Joy Mutual Insurance Co.

Contact us :
Anderson Materials Evaluation, Inc.
9051 Red Branch Road, Suite C, Columbia, MD 21045
Ph: (410) 740-8562
Toll Free: (866) 350-8882
Fax: (410) 740-8201
Email: contactus@andersonmaterials.com