Runaway Reactions Accident Reconstruction Consultants

Brief Introduction

Peter James Sullivan

Automotive, Truck, Motorcycle, ATV, Heavy Industrial Equipment, and Marine Industries Consultant Mechanical, Electronic, Brake, Steering, and Systems Performance Testing & Analysis

Professional Summary

• Bachelor of Science (Chemistry and Physics) from Texas State University, 1984
• World Class Certified ASE Technician, ASE Certified Master Technician in Heavy Duty Truck, Passenger Car/Light Truck, Collision Repair, and Machinist, (National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence)
• 36 years of technical, academic, operational, and managerial experience in the private and commercial transportation, heavy equipment, marine, and recreational vehicle industries
• Extensive experience performing vehicle inspections and downloads of event data recorders and electronically stored information (ESI), including analysis, validation, testing, and preservation on almost all makes and models of vehicles and equipment
• Primary areas of consultation: mechanical, automotive, CMV/truck, heavy industrial equipment, motorcycle/bicycle, marine, recreational vehicle, collision repair, tire failure analysis, testing and analysis include to include fluids, materials, and component parts, railroad/Hy-Rail, FMCSA/DOT compliance, commercial motor vehicle driver/operator qualification and compliance, job site and transportation safety claims and litigation.

Company Overview

• LITIGATION AND CLAIMS INSPECTIONS
• CRASH/ELECTRONIC DATA RECORDER/ECM DOWNLOADS AND ANALYSIS FROM ALL ON-BOARD MODULES, CONTROLLERS, AND GPS/VEHICLE TRACKING UNITS
• FORENSIC TESTING AND SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS
• MOBILE MECHANICAL AND VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT DISASSEMBLY AND INSPECTION
• EXEMPLAR, FLUID, AND METALLURGICAL TESTING
• PRODUCT TESTING, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCT DEFECT ANALYSIS
• WORLD CLASS, HIGHLY DETAILED REVIEW OF VEHICLE MAINTAINCE RECORDS AND DQ FILES
• COMMERCIAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY POLICIES & COMPLIANCE ANALYSIS
• COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER/OPERATOR QUALIFICATION & COMPLIANCE ANALYSIS

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Curtis Engineering Consulting Services, Inc. is a Railroad Engineering firm with significant contributions in the Freight and Passenger Vehicle Transportation industry. With projects around the nation, consulting services include:

Railroad Engineering Oversight Railroad Project Management Railroad Project Planning Railroad Proposal Evaluation Vehicle Engineering Systems Engineering Engineering Evaluation Structural Assessment & Wreck Repair Railroad Specification Preparation & Evaluation Patents

Railroad Maintenance Practices Railroad Supplier Evaluation Manufacturing Liaison Customer Liaison Railroad Testing Support Railroad Inspection Services Railroad Equipment Appraisal Marketing Studies Litigation Support Patent Infringement

Principal, Richard D. Curtis, PE, is a Professional Engineer, Consultant, and Technical Expert with over 40 years of significant contributions in the Freight and Passenger Vehicle Transportation industry. His experience includes design, development, procurement, leasing, operation and maintenance of locomotives, freight cars, and rail passenger cars (intercity, commuter, transit & light rail). As a technical consultant to MBTA, CTA, NYCT, WMATA, Phoenix Valley Metro, NICTD, UTA, BART, CALTRANS, IDOT, and many more, Mr. Curtis has provided technical expertise in an oversight role to:

• Ensure that the design, manufacture, and testing during new car contracts met all necessary requirements
• Ensure that the design, overhaul, and testing on overhaul contracts met all necessary requirements
• Solve difficult maintenance and operational problems
• Design Cars on transit, commuter, and intercity passenger car contracts

Mr. Curtis has also been responsible for industry leading innovative design and development on Double Stack Intermodal Cars, Auto Rack Technology, RoadRailer®, Unit Train Coal Cars, Covered Hoppers, and Heavy Duty Special Purpose Cars. 

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Christina Comisarek has over 40 years of experience in and around the Transportation industry, 25 of which have been spent driving over 2 million miles accident free. She is a Certified Director of Safety, Certified Driver Trainer, and has managed a small trucking business for over 10 years. Ms. Comisarek serves as a Transportation Consultant, Driver Safety Trainer, and Expert Witness.

Background: Ms. Comisarek gained first-hand experience, good business sense, and a strong, solid work ethic working for her family's two businesses. Over the years, she's had a variety of roles in the transportation industry, such as loading and unloading, local deliveries, linehaul, school bus driving, driver / safety training, and managing a small trucking company. Ms. Comisarek continues to drive part-time to stay current in the industry. She takes every opportunity to enhance her skills and background, either through first-hand experience or by attending courses such as Accident Investigation.

As a Consultant, Ms. Comisarek assists trucking companies in areas such as streamlining their operations, risk management situations, driver recruitment and retention, and Employee handbooks. Her Safety Training is done either in the classroom or on-site currently, and soon will be offered online.

As an Expert Witness, Ms. Comisarek has worked with top expert witness firms and is pleased to currently be working with NECSC, LLC, providing sound consultation to attorneys through report writing, depositions, and successful trial appearance.

Areas of Expertise:

Driver Safety Driver Training Driver Behavior Truck Accident Investigation Loading / Unloading Physical Distribution Management Shipping and Dock Operations Regulatory Compliance

Transportation Economics Tanker and Dump Truck Operations Independent Contractor and Broker Operations Motor Carrier Standards of Care Driver Standards of Care Warehousing and Distribution Management Hazardous Materials Transportation Freight Loss / Damage Prevention

Awards / Honors:

• Over 2.0 million miles Accident-Free Driving – all consecutive years at Consolidated Freightways and FedEx
• Colleague nominated candidate for American Trucking Association’s 2002 – 2004 America’s Road Team
• Clean CDL Class A with Doubles/Triples, Hazmat (past), Tanker, Passenger & School Bus Endorsements
• Triples Certification [expired] in Ohio and Indiana Tandem (long doubles) Certification [expired] in NY

Shrawan Kumar,  is one of the top worldwide recognized experts in Biomechanics and Ergonomics. Dr. Kumar has been the Keynote or Plenary speaker on Biomechanics and Ergonomics at over 59 regional, national, and international scientific conferences in Canada, the US, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Germany, Sweden, India, Australia and New Zealand. He is the author of over 528 scientific peer-reviewed publications on Biomechanics and Ergonomics including 16 books and 27 book chapters.

Dr. Kumar was recognized for his lifetime achievements and contributions to Biomechanics and Ergonomics research by an award of ‘Officer of the Order of Canada’ from the Governor General in 2009. He has a Ph.D. in Human Biology and a Doctor of Science degree (D.Sc.) in Biological Sciences. 

Dr. Kumar was most recently the Director the Physical Medicine and tenured Full Professor at the University of North Texas. Prior to this he served as a tenured Full Professor of Physical Therapy, Neuroscience, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Alberta. 

Consulting - Dr. provides injury prevention through ergonomic and product design improving productivity and work efficiency. He has worked with such companies as Western Airlines, Alberta Food Processing Company, Misericordia Hospital, and Price Waterhouse.

Areas of Expertise: 

• Biomechanics - Injuries due to slip and fall and auto accidents (collision, impact, seat belt, ejection, side-swipes, fractures, rollovers, whiplash)
• Occupational Injury - Injuries due to work-related factors (biomechanical / physiological loads, hazardous conditions, stress, organization, design,schedule, product liability

Scott L. Turner is a highly qualified Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Transportation Expert and HazMat Expert with over 25 years experience in the highly specialized field of CMV crashes and incidents, and 16 years as the CEO of a nationwide CMV crash & HazMat disaster response corporation. 

Mr. Turner's career includes personal response and/or investigation of over 1,000 CMV crashes, 200 cargo-tank truck crashes/incidents and a multitude of industrial setting incidents including fixed facilities, loading docks and loading rack disasters. His FMCSR and PHMSA knowledge, detailed reporting and powerfully delivered testimony can be a focal point of any civil litigation, where commercial motor vehicle crashes and/or transit incidents are at issue, with or without hazmat involvement. 

Areas of Expertise:

• Level 1 FMCSA inspections
• Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) post crash inspection
• CMV crash investigation
• Driver qualifications
• Safety Programs
• Trucking industry standards
• Cargo-tank truck incidents
• CMV loading/Off-loading cases (van, cargo-tank, flatbed)
• CMV wreck involving hazmats
• Loading rack explosions/disasters

Services Include:

• Litigation support
• Trial preparation consulting
• Courtroom testimony
• Commerical vehicle accident investigation
• NIMBY hazmat
• Highway construction zone incidents
• CMV loading and offloading investigation
• Level 1 FMCSA audits
• Load securement incidents

New Jersey Office: PO Box 185 Blairstown, NJ 07825

Tennessee Office: P.O. Box 44 Specncer, TN 38585

Stone Consulting, Inc is a nationally known firm offering a full range of Railroad Industry services throughout North America. They have completed projects in 43 states, Canada, Mexico, and the Philippines. Their diverse staff has expertise with track inspection, drainage, financial analysis, structural engineering, and environmental issues. Their staff also has hands-on experience in Operations, Mechanical, and Maintenance-of-Way.

Services:

Railroad Appraisals / Railroad Finance Railroad Bridge Inspection Railroad Construction Management Railroad Environmental Issues Grant Procurement / Grant Writing

Railroad Facilities Design Railroad Mechanical Inspections Railroad Project Management Track Design / Track Issues Expert Witness / Insurance Investigation

Harvey H. Stone, PE, President, has over 25 years of Railroad experience with Short Line Railroads and Streetcar Systems.

Background - Mr. Stone began working for the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1964 and then A. W. Cross, Inc. a contractor in 1966. Mr. Stone was then employed by Northwest Engineering, Inc. in 1968 and became president in 1980 until 1996. In 1996, he organized Stone Consulting & Design, Inc. to provide consulting services to the railroad industry, sold the firm to TranSystems in 2007 and re-purchased the firm in 2010.

Mr. Stone has provided track design, bridge design, and all types of inspection services to railroads and associated clients. He has no affiliations with Class 1 Railroads. Mr. Stone has been an active member of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), and the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association. His membership in the ACEC has enabled him to obtain invaluable exposure to the many changes in engineering technology over the years as well as continued awareness of the constantly changing rules, regulations and grant programs on all governmental levels.

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