Wrongful Death Accidents Expert Witnesses: 19

Professor Christopher J. Tennant, PhD, CIH, has over 40 years of experience in the field of Environmental Health and Industrial Hygiene. He is Board Certified in the Comprehensive Practice of Industrial Hygiene. Dr. Tennant is currently President, CEO, and Principal Consultant at San Joaquin Environmental, in Fresno California, where he consults with Federal, State, County, City, various public agencies, and private industry sectors from public housing to Aerospace. His services are available in all 50 US States and the United Kingdom.

Dr. Tennant also serves as Professor Emeritus for the Department of Public Health at Fresno State University where he's taught Environment Health, Industrial Hygiene, and Occupational Health and Safety for 35 years at both undergraduate and post graduate levels.

Litigation Support - Dr. Tennant has been retained by numerous insurances companies and law firms on various Industrial Hygiene matters throughout the US, including workers compensation, property damage, personal injury, and wrongful death. He has testified as an expert witness in Federal Court, Superior Court, and Workers Compensation Appeals Board over 100 times. He's been deposed many more times. 

Areas of Expertise:

Dr. David H. Schaffer, MD, MRO, is dual-boarded in Medical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine, serving as the Director of Medical Toxicology at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville, SC and Prisma Health–Upstate hospitals. He is also a certified Medical Review Officer (MRO, MROCC).

Dr. Schaffer is regularly consulted for his expertise. Overall case retention is approximately 50/50 for plaintiff vs defendant His services include medical record review, thorough reporting, deposition, and trial testimony as needed. Please feel free to call (828) 260-3742 or email david@schaffertox.com to walk through your case. No charge/bill time for this. Case Highlight Available Upon Request.

Areas of Expertise:

Dr. Schaffer has published extensively in the fields of Medical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine. Outside of clinical practice and the occasional courtroom appearance, he has also consulted for major organizations—including SpaceX, Butterfly Network, and governmental entities—on a variety of clinical matters. Dr. Schaffer earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, completed his residency at Harvard, where he served as a Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School, and subsequently trained in Medical Toxicology at the University of Virginia.

Credential Highlights:

• Residency Training at Harvard and Massachusetts General/Brigham & Women's Hospitals
• Held Appointment at Harvard Medical School as a Clinical Fellow
• Fellowship training at the University of Virginia
• Director of Medical Toxicology at Prisma Health - Upstate, the only Medical Toxicology practice in the State of SC
• Faculty at USC School of Medicine in Greenville, SC
• Attending Toxicologist for the Palmetto Poison Center in Columbia, SC
• Certified Medical Review Officer (DOT/HHS)
• Board-certified in both Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology

Vera Dolan is an epidemiologist with over 30 years of experience in the life and health insurance industries. She is one of the leading mortality experts in the life insurance industry. She writes underwriting manuals and policy and procedure manuals for life and health insurance companies.

Vera has testified in both state and federal court, and has been retained in over 200 cases since 2006 for plaintiffs and defense on an equal basis. She is very credible testifying in deposition and on the stand.

* Life expectancies that are personalized and accurate to the standards of the life insurance and life settlement industries. Addresses the cases when life expectancies that are simply taken from a life table or estimated by a doctor, actuary or biostatistician are too long, too short, insufficient or not credible. Addresses the cases when a complete insight into the individual's medical conditions and/or personal history of high-risk behaviors is needed to assist the judge or jury in their decision. This information often decides the case, see article for details.

* Expert in bad faith/wrongful denial of life/health insurance claims.

* Expert in life/health insurance underwriting material misrepresentation.

* Expert in medical risk assessment and underwriting issues.

* Expert in life insurance underwriting policies and procedures.

* Expert in epidemiology. Previous cases include infectious diseases, occupational and environmental exposures, pesticides and tobacco.

* Approved life expectancy expert with the U.S. Department of Justice.

* Active consultant to the life insurance industry conducting cohort mortality studies, and writing underwriting and policy and procedure manuals.

* Over 100 articles published on mortality research and underwriting.

* Friendly, clear, concise, objective and quantitative.

* There is no charge for the initial phone consultation.

* There is no charge for travel time.

Michael J. Welton, a Self Employed Consultant since 1998, has been retained as an expert in over 650 separate cases in the areas of Property Management, Asset Management, Wrongful Death, Premises Liability, Real Estate Development and Toxic Mold Remediation Protocol for Commercial and Multi-Family properties. He has extensive experience dealing with injuries that occur on income-producing properties, toxic mold in residential and commercial properties, premises liability, life-safety issues, wrongful death, and standard of care in multi-family, retail, and commercial properties.

As a seasoned and experienced real estate professional, Mr. Welton has the background to develop successful income-producing assets, evaluate and complete the acquisition of income-producing assets, and create teams of individuals to professionally manage any type of real estate.

Significant Accomplishments:

• Increased annual rent from $18 million in 1990 to $49 million in 1995
• Supervised/negotiated credit tenant lease transactions generating in excess of $500 million of long-term revenue
• Consistent double-digit rates of return on invested capital
• Developed 1,212,000 square feet of retail shopping centers from 1990 to 1998
• Directly responsible for the acquisition and disposition of one asset generating before-tax profits of $32 million

Mr. Welton has court and deposition testimony experience in AZ, CA, OK, MO, OH, NC, IL, NV, and TX. He is available to travel ANYWHERE.