Penn E&R is experienced in providing multi-disciplinary consulting services to investigate environmental insurance claims and assist in litigation support. Our clients depend on Penn E&R to organize and reduce extensive technical, financial and regulatory documentation, and to deliver clear, defined opinions regarding complex technical, regulatory and financial issues relating to environmental matters. Our technical personnel have participated in public hearings and civil court proceedings associated with geologic, hydrogeologic, and contaminant fate and transport investigations, waste management practices, environmental assessments and water resources at numerous industrial sites, surface and underground mining operations, and oil and natural gas exploration and development operations.
Our scope of services includes:
Environmental Forensics
- Source and timing of contaminant releases
- Contaminant source(s) identification and release history
- Historic manufacturing practices, waste handling and regulatory requirements
Cost of Claim Investigation
- Necessity and appropriateness of response actions
- Review of response costs
- Segregation of normal business expenditures from environmental response costs
- Claim database development and management
Litigation Support
- Assist in document discovery
- Assist in preparing for fact witness depositions
- Evaluate and summarize technical information
- Forensic analysis
- Technical evaluation of policy exclusions
- Develop expert opinions and reports
- Prepare affidavits
- Assist in preparing for opposing expert depositions
- Development of technical exhibits
- Provide expert testimony
