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"Tom Kunich" <tkunich@earthlink.net> wrote in message 
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> "Mike Jacoubowsky" <MikeJ@ChainReaction.com> wrote in message 
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>> "Tom Kunich" <tkunich@earthlink.net> wrote in message 
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>>> Does anyone know whatever happened to the ITM company that manufactured 
>>> a carbon fiber fork in the 90's?
>>>
>>> There is presently an ITM company but it isn't the same one apparently.
>>
>> Tom: What's the reason you're still trying to run down ITM?
>
> They had insurance while they were in business so perhaps I can collect 
> some of the trememdous medical costs from the insurance company.


I don't think it's going to be that simple. You already checked with lawyers 
if I recall correctly, and if there was money to be sniffed, they would have 
found it. Beyond that, it's very difficult making a case for a defective 
product 10 years past its manufacture. Steel and aluminum forks, when they 
were common, failed from time to time after significant use, and to the best 
of my knowledge, there were no claims against them. It's just impossible to 
know what sort of life the product lead once it leaves the store, and in 
almost every single "JRA" (as in, "I was just riding along and my fork broke 
in half" or "I was just riding along and my wheel collapsed" etc) the 
failure had actually been started on its way much earlier, due to some 
incident during its life. Your fork may very well have been previously 
damaged.

You're going to be better off trying different attorneys until you find one 
that thinks he or she has something to gain from handling your case. If you 
can't find such an attorney, it's likely it's because they know there's not 
potential gain from spending time on your case. They're smarter about these 
things than you and I. It's what they do for a living.

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA