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Chicago Chem Consultants Corporation

Legal Support Services

CCC provides the legal services of Expert Witness, Engineering Analysis, Forensic Engineering, and Claims Investigation in the area of Product Liability, Design Faults, Environmental Claims, and Chemical Safety.

CCC's employees include Licensed Professional Engineers, Ph.D.s, and Certified Hazardous Material Managers.  Below are some representative legal service project profiles.

EXPERT WITNESS - CHEMICAL PROCESS FAILURE TO PERFORM

Review of our client’s failed chemical process. Served as testifying expert witness, evaluating chemical process equipment design, performance and contract requirements on behalf of owner. Conducted additional process design mathematical modeling, participated in deposition of opposing Experts as well as CCC Dr. Jeff Perl, led to a successful, “….very amicable.….” pre-trial settlement for our client.

EXPERT WITNESS - INDUSTRIAL FATALITY
Confidential Client - CCC reviewed all accident specifics. Technical review provided of accident scenario. Result - Case settled out of court.

FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE REVIEW
Confidential Client - CCC served as lead technical advisor and reviewer to evaluate and quantify large-scale fraud in US Government technical contract work.

SUPERFUND REMEDIATION COST RECOVERY DAMAGE CLAIM REVIEW
Confidential Client - CCC reviewed/validate $50,000,000 of damage claim requests

ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE CLAIM REVIEW
Reviewed costs and environmental effectiveness of $500,000,000 environmental damage claim by oil refiner.  Identified 76% of claim as excessive or unnecessary.  Made presentation as part of settlement negotiations between insured and insurer.   Client achieved favorable settlement.

FORENSIC ENGINEERING - INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
Investigated major accidents, one involving a chemical burn fatality and a second resulting in a serious burn injury with disfigurement from a reactor explosion. Root cause of the accidents were determined, and corrective actions developed jointly with production facilities. CCC assisted both facilities in upgrading safety and operating procedures.

ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX SITING - SAFETY HAZOP EVALUATION
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permits for a $100 million riverside entertainment complex were denied due to adjacent bulk chemical storage facility with a history of significant accidents. CCC examined and quantified risk through air emission modeling, explosion and immediate danger to life and health (IDLH) exposure modeling. Reviewed and evaluated chemical storage operations and compliance history. CCC engineers put a dollar value to the risk and recommended improved chemical storage safety practices, protective measures for the entertainment complex, and fair value purchase of land. Presentation to State regulatory commission allowed timely opening of entertainment complex with mutually successful outcome for all parties.

FORENSIC ENGINEERING - PREMATURE PRODUCT FAILURE
Determined the cause of premature corrosion failure seen in certain buried electrical boxes. This work, performed for a national manufacturer of these products, involved investigation of soil corrosion parameters as well as electron microscopy of before and after metal box samples. These studies identified the root cause to be manufacturing defects in the galvanizing process as well as corrosive soil conditions.

 

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