Risk Assessment Expert Witnesses
Litigation involving risk assessment typically arises when a company's identification, evaluation, or mitigation of business risk is challenged as inadequate following a loss, regulatory action, or contract dispute. Disputes commonly involve claims that a company's environmental, safety, or occupational risk assessment failed to identify hazards that later caused a loss, disagreements between insurers and policyholders over whether a risk assessment supported underwriting or claims decisions, and disputes over whether a regulatory compliance risk assessment met the standards required by governing agencies. Businesses in regulated industries also face disputes over whether their enterprise risk management and business continuity planning met industry and regulatory expectations. The central issue in these matters is typically whether a risk assessment process met the professional and regulatory standards applicable to the specific hazard or business risk at issue.
Risk assessment experts help attorneys evaluate these disputes by applying established risk assessment frameworks and industry standards to the specific hazard, regulatory requirement, or business risk at issue. Their analysis can determine whether a risk assessment reasonably identified and evaluated the hazards relevant to a loss, whether an underwriting or claims-related risk assessment met accepted insurance industry practice, and whether a regulatory compliance risk assessment addressed the requirements of the applicable agency framework. This work supports liability and damages positions in environmental, insurance, and regulatory compliance disputes, and it can substantiate or rebut claims that a risk assessment was inadequate or improperly conducted.
Because risk assessment disputes span environmental science, insurance underwriting, and regulatory compliance, matching an expert's specific risk discipline to the dispute is essential. Round Table Group's risk assessment network includes practitioners with backgrounds in toxicology and environmental risk, quantitative and enterprise risk management, and regulatory compliance across EPA, OSHA, and other governing frameworks. Round Table Group has completed more than 75,000 expert searches for litigators, and we apply that experience to connect counsel with risk assessment experts whose methodology holds up under rigorous scrutiny. Let us help you find the right risk assessment expert for your case by calling us at (202) 908-4500.