FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICES

The establishment of a commercial chemical analysis laboratory, solving problems for industrial clients, most of whom maintained their own "in house" laboratory facilities, initially built up our experience and reputation. Commercial success with industrial problem solving eventually brought us into the civil aspects of forensic science. In many cases where failures, explosions, fires, contaminated feedstocks, process upsets and a host of other events had caused property damage, injuries and business losses that were not the fault of the insured, the insurance provider sought to subrogate to recover financial losses. As the initial investigators of the event that had caused the invoking of the insurance coverage, we became an integral part of the litigation effort to recover losses... For a number of years we have been faced with the problem of explaining to the legal and insurance professions exactly what constitutes civil "forensic science" and ultimately what benefit can be derived..