In corporate wrongful death cases, what the company knew before the death can decide liability and punitive damages. Former employees are often the clearest window into that knowledge.

Current employees are prepped by defense counsel, worried about their jobs, and often off-limits to you. Former employees usually aren't. Here's why they're so often the stronger witnesses.

An Ex-Employee List, or EEL, gives plaintiff firms a defendant's former employees with names, job titles, tenures, and active confirmed phone numbers. Here's what's in one and how firms use it.