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Uncovering Insider Witnesses for Product Liability Cases

Uncovering Insider Witnesses for Product Liability Cases
Product Liability

June 3, 2025

Product liability cases often come down to one key question: what did the company know, and when did they know it? For trial lawyers building these complex claims, insider knowledge can dramatically impact the outcome. At Stratejic Relationships, we provide essential witness support to help uncover the truth behind dangerous products, failed warnings, and manufacturing defects. Our work equips attorneys with critical insights that elevate their cases and increase the value of settlements and verdicts.

The Importance of Insider Testimony in Product Liability

Product liability claims typically involve one or more of the following legal theories:

  • Defective design
  • Manufacturing defects
  • Failure to warn (inadequate labeling or instructions)

To prove liability, lawyers often need more than just medical records or product testing—they need people with firsthand experience behind the scenes. That’s where we come in.

Stratejic Relationships specializes in identifying:

  • Former employees who handled product safety, QA/QC, or risk management
  • Engineers or manufacturing line workers who observed production defects
  • Regulatory compliance staff aware of ignored standards or complaints
  • Sales or marketing personnel who can confirm deceptive claims

This strategic witness identification allows trial teams to demonstrate foreseeability, negligence, and corporate knowledge—elements that can make or break a case.

Revealing Foreseeability Through Former Employees

Foreseeability is a cornerstone of most product liability claims. If a company knew—or should have known—that a product posed an unreasonable risk, they may be held accountable for injuries it caused. Stratejic Relationships helps uncover:

  • Internal discussions about known product risks
  • Reports of prior consumer complaints or injuries
  • Documentation showing knowledge of failure rates
  • Attempts to conceal or downplay defects

By connecting lawyers with individuals who were involved in product development or post-market surveillance, we bring key evidence to light.

Efficient Witness Location Across Industries

Whether you're litigating cases involving automotive components, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, or industrial equipment, our team has the experience to locate qualified witnesses. We tailor our research to the specifics of each case, ensuring:

  • Fast turnaround within client budgets
  • Verified contact details and availability
  • Direct access to individuals with relevant roles

This service reduces the burden on legal teams while opening doors to impactful case narratives that support higher-value resolutions.

Support at Every Stage of Litigation

Our involvement doesn’t end after the witness list is delivered. We continue to support trial teams by:

  • Replacing witnesses who become unavailable
  • Introducing supplemental witnesses to reinforce claims
  • Assisting with interview preparation and litigation strategy
  • Identifying trends and patterns across multiple cases involving the same product or manufacturer

In mass torts or consolidated actions, this ongoing support can make a crucial difference in both the pace and strength of litigation.

Proven Track Record, Trusted Nationwide

For nearly two decades, Stratejic Relationships has helped leading plaintiffs’ firms uncover the evidence necessary to challenge large corporations. Our founder, Paul Littrell, Jr., has built a reputation for locating fact witnesses who not only understand the product but can also articulate how negligence occurred behind closed doors.

Attorneys from firms like Beasley Allen and Bailey Glasser consistently rely on us to enhance their litigation efforts in high-stakes product liability cases.

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What our clients are saying
Penn Law LLC

Paul is a fact witness magnet on his way to becoming a magnate in the niche he's expertly crafted. Not only do he and his team execute a proven method of bringing influential witnesses to bear in complex litigation, helpful fact witnesses just naturally gravitate toward them. People skills incorporated within the Witness|Mining™ process provide a seamless and time-saving transition which helps me develop relationships with fact witnesses with the potential to positively impact cases.

Darren W. Penn, ESQ.
Darren W. Penn, ESQ.

Penn Law LLC

Working with Stratejic Relationships recently has been a very positive experience. Consummate professionals, Paul and his team breathed new life into the investigation of a 10 year old personal injury case by identifying a substantial number of potential fact witnesses who may impact my ability to prevail against a corporate Defendant. They were insightful, prompt, and worked within my budget. Stratejic exceeded my expectations and is an organization with whom I continue to work.

Robert N. Edwards, ESQ.
Robert N. Edwards, ESQ.

The Law Office of Robert N. Edwards

New, Taylor & Associates

Conferring with the Whistleblower provided to me by Stratejic just prior to an important series of depositions provided me with invaluable insights into how my Defendant secretly conducted their business. Twenty minutes into my questions, and the first deponent had shredded the Defense, facilitating settlement. This is a service I will continue to use.

Stephen P. New, ESQ.
Stephen P. New, ESQ.

New, Taylor & Associates

Lipsky Lowe LLP

Stratejic has represented a significant return on my investment. Paul and his team saved me a considerable amount of time filing a class action by providing me with the names and addresses of a number of former, harmed employees of my Defendant. When you need a Class Representative, this is a time-efficient, economical, and ethical path to signing one, and a service I will continue to use.

Douglas B. Lipsky, ESQ.
Douglas B. Lipsky, ESQ.

Lipsky Lowe LLP

Beasley Allen Law Firm

Paul and his team have demonstrated a real proficiency for identifying and acquiring Insider Fact Witnesses who have the potential for bolstering claims, and in my own practice their unique solutions have represented a positive return on my investment.

Michael J. Crow, ESQ.
Michael J. Crow, ESQ.

Beasley Allen Law Firm

Richardson Thomas

Paul is an absolute lightning rod when it comes to investigations which produce fact witnesses who possess relevant information about, and interest in, my firm’s cases. His breadth of associations throughout the country is quite impressive, and he has the uncanny ability to help us forge impactful and beneficial relationships.

Terry E. Richardson, Jr., ESQ.
Terry E. Richardson, Jr., ESQ.

Richardson Thomas

Bailey Glasser, LLP

Paul and his team delivered exactly what they said they would: a list of impacted fact witnesses and their addresses relevant to our case within a given state, and they did so within our budget.

John W. Barrett, ESQ.
John W. Barrett, ESQ.

Bailey Glasser, LLP