Friday, May 20, 2005
CASELOGISTIX SIMPLIFIES COMPLEX LITIGATION IN MDL SILICA PROCEEDINGS; RESULTS IN MAJOR ADVANTAGE FOR DEFENSE FIRM USING CASELOGISTIX
Corpus Cristi, Texas: Defense attorneys using the new revolutionary document management software system, CaseLogistix, recently gained unparalleled success in the courtroom. In the Silica Multi-District Litigation proceeding in federal court in Corpus Christi, Texas, the Defense with CaseLogistix was able to process, organize, and advantageously use millions of pages of documents in a short period of time to analyze the medical diagnoses of thousands of plaintiffs.
Thousands of plaintiffs from eight states in 90 different lawsuits claimed injury from inhaling silica-laden dust in their various workplaces. Dozens of manufacturing and mining companies are defending against these claims, and all of the litigation had been consolidated before U.S. District Judge Janis Jack in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The defense lawyers used CaseLogistix to analyze, annotate, collect, and organize millions of pages of medical records, legal records, x-rays, and other documents in a very short period of time under the crucible of ongoing federal court hearings. The millions of pages of documents and images inside the CaseLogistix software were systematically analyzed, compared, and used to question the thoroughness of certain experts' and physicians' diagnoses and the x-ray screeners' work. For example, industry lawyers were able to show documents indicating that one of the plaintiffs' physicians had diagnosed about 1,500 plaintiffs with silicosis after he had years earlier diagnosed them with asbestosis, a rare combination. The defense team also was able to show the relatively small amount of time spent reading each x-ray given the sheer number of x-rays read over a short period of time, demonstrating that one doctor diagnosed more than 800 persons in a 72-hour time frame.
CaseLogistix is the most powerful and versatile document and evidence management software. You are one click away from enhancing your ability to win your cases and improving your lifestyle due to increased productivity and quality time.
