Asbestos Litigation Services by Exponent Chemrisk

Exponent Chemrisk provides asbestos litigation services.

The publication and promotion of scientific reviews was key to a brazen litigation defense strategy of General Motors, Ford, and DaimlerChrysler.

Defendant corporations have been prevailed upon to disclose copies of the bills received for litigation services by Exponent and Chemrisk. The Exponent bill to the Big Three on Apr. 4, 2003, titled "Technical Support – Asbestos Litigation," has a line item, "Completion of Meta-Analysis." Additional charges for "Completion of Meta-Analysis" were billed on May 2, Aug. 1, and Aug. 29, and Oct. 31, 2003.

On Jan. 2, 2004, there was a charge of $19,500 for "Presentation of Mechanic Meta-analysis." In all, "Presentation at Conferences" was billed seven times between February and November, 2004 as "Technical Support – Asbestos Litigation." The "Finalization of 2 Submitted Manuscripts" (on garage mechanics epidemiology) was another item in bills for technical support in asbestos litigation to the Big Three (May 28 and July 1 and 30, 2004).

Additional Exponent billings to the auto companies in 2004 were for writing responses to separate articles by Drs. Dodson, Lemen, and Egilman.