Valve Failure Case Study
An appliance that fails in winter may be unnecessarily linked to freezing conditions; however, licensed engineers can determine if the failure was caused by cold weather, a manufacturer’s defect, or something else.
A carrier asked Donan’s team at the Component Testing Laboratory to determine the cause of failure to a leaking washing machine valve with reported freeze damage. Scientifically based testing proved it had nothing to do with the temperature.
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- How not having all the facts about a cause of failure could lead to missed subrogation opportunities
- How product failure testing and previously conducted destructive testing determined a more accurate cause of failure
- The process used to determine what caused the failure and why it was considered a manufacturer’s defect
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