Testing records include design verification, validation, durability, environmental, and safety testing with protocols, results, and any failures observed. They establish what the manufacturer knew about product performance.
Failed tests and retests are the focus of discovery.
Alternative Names:
Test Records, Validation Testing Records
Why it Matters?
Test failures followed by protocol modification and retesting are the pattern plaintiffs pursue, since a product that failed a test and passed only after the test was changed suggests the original standard was not met. Documenting the engineering basis for any protocol revision is what distinguishes legitimate refinement from result-driven modification. Testing not performed is separately relevant where industry practice or standards called for it.
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What distinguishes legitimate revision?
