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Civil Cases
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PERSONAL INJURY / WRONGFUL DEATH
McGuinness & Associates has investigated several hundred personal injury cases and numerous wrongful death cases since 1985 for a variety of plaintiff firms. We have investigated automobile accidents, boating accidents, scuba diving, industrial and construction related accidents. We excel in the taking of statements, photography, videography, public record retrieval and location of witnesses.
Our firm has conducted investigations for many prominent Miami personal injury/employment
attorneys, including Neil Chonin and Marilyn Sher, for over 15 years. Mr. Chonin is listed in the Best Trial Lawyers in America Directory and is a frequent and well respected lecturer before legal groups.
INSURANCE DEFENSE
We have worked, perhaps, an equal number of personal injury cases for the defense. This work is generally for house counsel for major insurance firms. We provided investigative services to the Miami house counsel for Travelers Insurance Company for over ten years. We also serve as a regional SIU department for a major insurance company. We handle primarily fraud cases within a 300 mile radius. We also assist a municipal Risk Management Department and City Attorney's Office in the defense of lawsuits.
SURVEILLANCE
Firm associates are highly experienced in providing video surveillance on suspect plaintiffs and workman compensation claimants. Mr. McGuinness has been qualified as an expert witness in United States District Court in this area.
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION / SEXUAL HARASSMENT / HOUSING DISCRIMINATION
We have been retained by numerous plaintiff law firms in all three areas. We are familiar with the law and conditions under which to bring such lawsuits in Florida. We have attended seminars where lawyers specializing in these areas provide the latest information as to the law and use of investigators.
Our firm has been retained numerous times by a Miami civil rights law firm in order to investigate housing discrimination. We assisted the FBI and Justice Department in a high profile class action housing discrimination case in which a multi-million dollar verdict was obtained against a large residential real estate firm that routinely discriminated against tenant applicants.
PRODUCTS LIABILITY CASES
We have been successful in identifying products whose origin and manufacturer have been suspect or unknown. We are very aware of commercial, patent, trademark and manufacturing databases that can be useful in these types of investigations. Our national and international electronic networking capability with investigative association members has also proven very useful in products cases.
CORPORATE DUE DILIGENCE
Our investigative profiles of companies and principals have earned us praise from the research department of a major Wall Street securities firm. Mr. McGuinness has attended several Dialog Business Intelligence seminars over the years and (SCIP) Society of Competitor Intelligence Professionals meetings. The firm's criminal defense investigations involving white collar cases has also required such a background when investigating subsidiaries, affiliated companies and principals.
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