Expertise: "Handling Difficult and Complicated Matters" $140 per hour Accidents, Accident Reconstruction, Collisions, Biomechanics, Injuries, Safety Engineering, Seatbelts, Child Seats, Airbags, OSHA Compliance, Industrial Safety, ForkLift Truck, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs FMCSA, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Regs FMVSS, Material Handling, Cranes, Scaffolds, Ergonomics, Helmets, Products Safety, Motorcycle, Trucks, Bus, Vehicles, Pedestrians, Bicycles, Bikes, Rollovers, Slip Trip & Falls, Animations, Building Codes, Safety Regs, Construction Site Safety, Amusement Rides, Tools, Tires, Vehicle Fires, Construction Equipment, Transportation Regulations, Injuries, Low Speed Impacts, Work Zones, Machine & Equipment Guarding, Human Factors, Hazards, Premesis Liability, Building Codes, Handicap ADA Standards, Regulations, CDR Crash Data Recorder, Mechanical Parts, Brakes, Traffic Signs & Control Devices, Industrial Products, Warning Signs, Ergonomics. 30 years exp. experts, BSOSH, MSOSH, PhD Safety Engineering & Injury Biomechanics, PSP, CECD

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Leonard Lacaze, P.E. - Accident Reconstruction & Failure Analysis Registered Professional Engineer in the States of Michigan and California. He has over 43 years experience in design & development in the automotive industry in addition to having provided accident reconstruction and failure analysis and research in mechanical and electrical products for vehicles for many of those years. He has testified in over 90 trials, 140 depositions and 125 arbitrations. Mr. Lacaze was on the "ground floor" through the early development of the Air Bag Occupant Restraint System and holds the patent for a crash sensor system that is in many cars today. Along with the air bag development, Mr. Lacaze performed accident reconstruction involving barrier and car-to-car crash testing in order to maximize protection for occupants. He therefore developed a keen sense of occupant kinematics and vehicle structural integrity, in addition to being involved in continuing research methods and accident investigation for more than 30 years.

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Degrees: Stanford Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics (Mechanical Engineering).

Specialties: Reconstruction of vehicular accidents; mechanical failure analysis; tire failure analysis; analysis of vehicle collisions and vehicle response to operator input; dynamics, impact and vibration; computer analyses of solids, fluids, and one-of-a-kind engineering mechanics problems; applied physics.

Qualifications:

Bruce Gorsak is a Vehicle / Industrial Engineer with a minor Degree in Engine Design, a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology, and 27 years of New Product/Process Development, Plant & Facilities, Maintenance, Industrial Engineering and Safety.

As a Crash Reconstructionist, he can download a “Black Box”, identify the sequence of events of a vehicle crash, identify design defects in Heavy Equipment, production equipment, or if factory employees didn’t do their job properly during the manufacture process.

His Skills and Engineering Experience in New Product Introductions have realized involvement with product development, design review, product launch into production, and established new manufacturing processes for various types of products. In addition, he has been instrumental in the design of a variety of manufacturing facilities in the US, Mexico, and Taiwan.

Bloomberg Consulting, Inc. has several engineers on staff who have considerable experience in reconstructing vehicle accidents of all types. We have a Biomechanics Expert that has the rare combination of being a licensed physician and a PhD level engineer. This allows him to handle the complex engineering and medical aspects of a seat belt or a biomechanics case. We use the following equipment to evaluate our cases:

“Black Box” Data Retrieval Equipment – Used to download vehicle impact speeds, seat belt usage, braking information, and throttle information from passenger vehicles and tractor-trailers.

3-Dimensional Accident Simulation Software – Used to accurately reconstruct an accident to determine vehicle speed, occupant movement, and seat belt effectiveness.

Leading expert on human/driver fatigue and driver error in transportation accidents, including commercial motor vehicles (truck, bus and motorcoach), automobiles, marine vessels (ship, tugboat), rail locomotives (freight and passenger), public transit vehicles (bus, light rail, commuter rail) and aviation equipment (commercial, cargo and private aircraft).

As a Harvard professor for 25 years, Dr. Moore-Ede conducted the pioneering research investigating the role of fatigue as a leading cause of fatal and high cost accidents on highways (including single vehicle, hit-rear and driver inattention accidents), and of train derailments, collisions at sea, and human errors in aviation. He has published 10 books, and 125 scientific papers on human fatigue, errors and accidents and the physiology of sleep deprivation and circadian rhythms. He has served on multiple national and international committees, and has received numerous awards. He is a frequent guest on television (CNN, Today Show, Good Morning America, 20:20, Dateline, Oprah Winfrey, Nova, BBC) radio (NPR Fresh Air, Connection), and print media (Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Time and Newsweek). He has testified before Congressional committees on multiple occasions, and advised government agencies in the US, Canada and the U.K.

As the CEO of the consulting firm, Circadian Technologies, Inc., he currently advises and supervises teams which work with over half of the Fortune 500 companies on strategies to minimize fatigue risk, and reduce accidents caused by fatigue. In addition, Dr. Moore-Ede undertakes both plaintiff and defense expert witness work in selected cases, and provides confidential advice to attorneys and their clients on how to minimize litigation risk, and distinguish readily defensible from hard to defend claims, and on strategies to cross-examine opposing counsel’s witnesses. He has extensive experience of providing expert testimony in the courtroom, where he has an outstanding record of educating and engaging juries so they reach informed conclusions, and of using scientifically validated computer models to reconstruct accidents scenarios.

Dean Tekell Consulting provides expertise in the areas of traffic engineering, parking, public transit, vehicle dynamics, accident reconstruction, and technical accident investigation.

Often, government agencies, consulting engineers, architects, developers, business institutions, and attorneys must know how to move people and their goods safely and efficiently. The firm offers advice on site selection, traffic access, and traffic circulation on the site. The firm provides insight into potential problems with zoning and subdivision regulations. Traffic impact studies, traffic signal warrant analysis, traffic signal design and permitting services related to development activity are also available through the firm. Parking garage and parking lot operations are specialties offered to business institutions.

Other services include: Queuing Studies for drive-through services; Traffic Calming and neighborhood speed control; School trip and pedestrian safety plans; Traffic Accident Reduction and highway safety techniques; Transit Funding Operation; Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems.

Peter J. Weller is a Mechanical Engineer with expertise in Mechanical and Hydraulic Design. He has his MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Mr. Weller is a Registered Professional Engineer in California with over 37 years of experience in engineering, manufacturing and business. He has extensive experience in the design, manufacture, installation, sales and repair of hydromechanical equipment, towtrucks, car carriers, auto lifts and construction equipment.

Mr. Weller has patented an Automotive Lifting and Towing Apparatus. Among other accomplishments, he has designed a hydraulic clamshell system for use on a telescopic handler and lifting devices to be used by crane operators for loading heavy cargo onto cargo ships.

Ernest P. Chiodo, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., M.S., C.I.H. is a physician, attorney, Certified Industrial Hygienist (C.I.H), and biomedical engineer. Dr. Chiodo is board certified in the specialties of Internal Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and Public Health and General Preventive Medicine. Dr. Chiodo served as the Medical Director of the City of Detroit and was the chief physician in charge of measures designed to protect the public health of over one million persons. He has also been the lead expert witness in a number of high profile cases including serving as the lead expert witness in a mass toxic tort case for Gerry Spence.

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Gary E. Kilpatrick and Associates, PA is a Forensics Engineering Firm dedicated to the application of the art, science and methodology of engineering and the scientific method to answer questions of fact in the jurisprudence system pertaining to personal injury and wrongful death. We provide technical competency, forensic evidence collection from the field and from documents, oral and written communications, objective, ethical and professional responsibility.

We are familiar with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence and Daubert and have given sworn expert testimony under oath during judicial proceedings. We are retained by law firms, public defenders and insurance companies on plaintiff, defense, criminal and claimant cases and work nation wide.

Areas of Expertise:

• Traffic Accident Reconstruction
• Vehicle Crash Data Report Retrieval and Interpretation
• Off-Road ATV Accident Reconstruction
• Motorcycle Accident Reconstruction
• Vehicle Inspections
• Industrial Accident Reconstruction
• OSHA Safety 29CFR1910
• OSHA 29CFR1926
• OSHA 29CFR1928
• Product Liability Investigations

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Company Profile:

For more than 35 years, ITC has provided Forensic Engineering, consulting and expert testimony to thousands of law offices, insurance companies and government agencies. Our qualified team of engineers and scientists, covering hundreds of areas of expertise, are available to assist you in technical evaluations, scientific analysis, testimony and preparation of cases for trial. Additional experts are available when more than one specialty is required. We also provide constant case and project management to help expedite the need to your litigation in a timely manner.

Major Areas of Expertise:

Traffic Engineer Expert Witness / Motor Vehicle Accidents

EDUCATION:

Dr. Mukul Verma is a well-known expert in Automobile Safety and Crashworthiness, Vehicle Structures, Product Design, and Statistical Analyses of Traffic Trends and Regulations . He has worked in many engineering and management positions at a major automobile manufacturer including assignments in R&D, vehicle design, analysis and testing and engineering program management .



In addition, Dr. Verma has taught university classes and is currently Professor (adjunct) of Mechanical Engineering teaching mechatronic design of ground vehicles. He has led industry-wide R&D projects in advanced technology evaluation and implementation such as Hydrogen Fuel Cell vehicles, Telematics Systems, Pre-Crash Sensing and ‘Smart’ Systems for Vehicle Safety. He has over 25 research publications in international journals and at conferences and has served as chairman of international group of experts in automotive safety.



Areas of Expertise:

Automobile Safety, Crashworthiness & accident investigation

Vehicle Structures - design, analysis and testing

Statistical Data & Trend Analyses

Corporate Strategy development

Emerging Technologies – Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, Telematics, Pre-Crash safety

Future Transportation Systems & Regulatory policies

New product developmen

Dan Bastien has over 30 years of experience in Construction and Industrial Skilled Trades. He is an OSHA Outreach Certified Trainer and offers online OSHA 500 and 501 courses (30 and 10 hour) for construction with special rates for groups. His courses are designed to inform workers and supervisors of Industry Standards and to give them the background they need to understand the importance of following these standards.

Mr. Bastien specializes in the following industries: Nuclear and Fossil fuel Power Plants, Automotive, Light and Heavy Industrial Automation and Robotics, Material Handling Systems, Commercial Wind farms, Pulp and Paper as well as all levels of management in Construction.

Dan Bastien is also available as a Safety Consultant for industrial accidents or occupational exposure to toxic substances.

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Expert Background: Donn N. Peterson is a registered professional engineer in Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. He is a Board Certified Diplomate by the International Institute of Forensic Engineering Sciences (IIFES).

Mr. Peterson has been featured as a speaker and program presenter for several professional, technical, civic, and educational groups and has published papers in the Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE).

Company Background: Peterson Engineering, Inc. was founded by Donn N. Peterson, P.E. in 1971 to provide consulting engineering services to attorneys, claims adjusters, consultants, and consumers on issues that may become subjects of litigation. We apply our engineering experience and perform relevant analyses in order to render professional opinions, which we state to a reasonable degree of engineering certainty. We serve plaintiffs, defendants, and subrogation parties.

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Crash Group at Robson Forensic

The crash group at Robson Forensic consists of Experts in Crash Reconstruction, Vehicle and Highway Engineering, as well as Commercial Trucking and Fleet Operations. We have experts who specialize in all types of vehicles, including trucks, buses, motorcycles, trains, bicycles, and forklifts. When appropriate, the Crash Group is supported by specialists in disciplines that impact vehicle crashes such as conspicuity, lighting, meteorology, biomechanics, human factors, and dram shop.

Our Crash Group consists of more than 20 experts across 17 locations. Please contact practice group leader, Peter J. Leiss, to discuss your case and determine which of our experts is most appropriate to assist with your matter.

Peter J. Leiss
Vehicle Engineering Expert

Peter has occupied a variety of engineering positions with vehicle manufacturers. He designed and engineered systems for vehicles before a single prototype had been built, tuned and validated systems on prototype vehicles, assisted the manufacturing plant to resolve issues during production, and made improvements to enhance vehicle quality after the start of manufacture. Peter has qualified as an expert in vehicle design, repair, and crash reconstruction. View Curriculum Vitae



Erin M. Shipp, P.E.
Heavy Truck & Bus Engineering

Erin brings more than 35 years experience designing, testing, and building heavy trucks, buses, motor homes and passenger vehicles. Specializing in vehicles as small as the Chrysler Pacifica and as large as Thomas Built Buses and Freightliner trucks; Erin's experience includes engines and emissions; chassis; bodies and sleeper boxes, including handicap accessibility; as well as overall structural stability for crash performance. Erin is a Professional Engineer with experience testifying in heavy truck cases. View Curriculum Vitae



Erin B. Higinbotham, P.E.
Motorcycle & ATV Expert

Erin is a two-time national champion with the American Motorcyclist Association. He has more than 30 years experience with operation, maintenance and design of motorcycles and ATV's. As a Project Engineer for the Automotive Testing Laboratories and TRC Inc., he completed federal regulatory testing on motorcycles and ATVs. He has completed contract testing for several US and foreign motorcycle manufacturers. Erin has completed plaintiff and defense casework across the United States and Canada. View Curriculum Vitae

Robson Forensic is an integrated team of forensic engineers, architects, scientists and fire investigators. Our experts include civil, construction, mechanical, structural and electrical engineers, architects and certified fire investigators. We have specialized expertise in unique areas such as aquatics, dram shop, injury causation, medical devices, motorcycles, supervised care, and tire failures.

We are a national firm with 14 offices and more than 150 high quality experts who assist in the resolution of disputes and litigation. We have performed over 30,000 cases in our 20+ years and offer clients the reassurance of peer review and personal follow through not found with a referral service.

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Scott Moore & Associates specializes in Traffic Accident Reconstruction and Cause Analysis. We offer the following services:

Andy Sievers acts as both Safety / Risk Management Consultant and Expert Witness in the Trucking Industry. Mr. Sievers' experience includes 27 years in the Truckload sector. He has been Vice President of Safety and Claims for various organizations and has performed the duties of Risk Manager, Claims Manager, Credit Manager, Operations Manager and Dispatcher. Mr. Sievers' real world experience allows him to connect with juries. He regularly testifies as an Expert Witness in State and Federal Court.

Areas of Expertise Include:

Negligent Entrustment Negligent Hiring Negligent Training Safety Management Load Securement Loading Dock Safety

Truck Driver Hiring / Training Truck Driver Supervision Claims Administration Safety Programs D.O.T Compliance