Expert Witnesses for Bus & Truck

Found 8 experts for Bus & Truck

Dr. Larry Parker Jr.
Tampa, FL
Larry D. Parker Jr., PhD has 30 years in the logistics industry, 11 years of experience owning and operating a commercial trucking business, and 7 years teaching and leading a university degree program, the #1 supply chain management program in the United States. Commercial Vehicle Owner and Driver Perspective; Dr. Larry D. Parker Jr./P42 Consulting LLC provides expert witness solutions for the trucking/freight industry. Our team can be sourced to collaborate and provide expertise in various cases nationwide. Expert consult and review of commercial trucking policy, commercial transportation best practices, bus, and specific Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FMCSA regulations. We will review all circumstances in the operation of the commercial motor vehicle, incident circumstances, and or the driver's actions. Before his dedication to academia, he spent 24 years as a Marine Corps Officer and recently retired as Lieutenant Colonel.
Timothy Krall
San Francisco, CA
The unicorn of logistics.
Dr. Steve Allison DPT, CME
Shreveport, LA
Dr. Allison is CEO and managing partner of Functional Capacity Experts, LLC and Disability Management Group, LLC. He is a doctor of physical therapy and certified DOT medical examiner. Licensed to practice in Louisiana since 1993. He has 25 years of clinical practice experience specializing in functional capacity evaluations (FCEs) for cases involving personal injury, workers' compensation, long term disability, and Social Security disability claims. He has performed more than 5,000 FCEs to more objectively quantify and qualify the severity of an individual's occupational disability, credibility of pain behavior, physical impairments with participation in basic activities of daily living, and loss of enjoyment of life activities. Dr. Allison was the lead author of the Functional Capacity Evaluation Best Practice Guidelines adopted by the American Physical Therapy Association in 2018. He was also an author of the Functional Capacity Evaluation and Disability Determination monograph published by the Academy of Orthopedic Physical Therapy in 2022 which provides further guidance for best practices in FCEs. He has authored/contributed to various peer-reviewed published articles and he has presented at various national, state, and local post-professional continuing education conferences related to best practices in functional capacity evaluations, functional job analysis, post-offer and fitness-for-duty employment testing, and functional test validation. Dr. Allison has provided expert witness testimony in the following types of cases: workers' compensation, personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home falls, and employment disability discrimination claims. He has also provided subject matter expertise by providing peer-review of FCE reports, functional job analysis, and functional employment tests to help clients determine if the methods used are valid, reliable, and job-related. Dr. Allison has been accepted as an expert witness in various Federal and State court jurisdictions in orthopedic physical therapy, functional capacity evaluations, functional job analysis, and functional test validation.
Dr. Frank Will
San Francisco, CA
Automotive Engineer with 30 years experience. Details see CV.
Steve Roensch M.S.
Appleton, WI
Steve Roensch has a robust background in engineering mechanics, physics and mathematics. He has 43 years of professional experience, has served as an expert witness on 83 cases for both defendant and plaintiff investigations, including 10 patent cases, and has testified 24 times. As an engineering consultant, he has worked on hundreds of mechanical designs and performed thousands of engineering analyses on a wide range of products, from medical devices to marine engines, rock crushers to aircraft, farm equipment to the International Space Station. Steve has taught engineering classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marquette University, IBM Research & Development, and at client locations. In addition to a very strong theoretical background, he is a hands-on engineer, and has performed maintenance and repairs on his own SUVs, boats and aircraft. Steve investigates product failures and accidents from a fundamental engineering perspective. He specializes in determining if the product design meets applicable standards and is sufficient to survive. He documents his efforts thoroughly from the start, for concise presentation to the legal team, other experts and the jury. For example, Steve has served as an expert witness on Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) and All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) cases. These vehicles require special consideration of design, stability and modes of injury. He has also worked on many oilfield, transportation and consumer product cases. Steve is a certified private pilot and enjoys boating and fishing.
Mr. Steven Paul ASE, CVA, NRVIA, DOT
St. Louis, MO
Steven S. Paul is a highly qualified vehicle inspection and appraisal expert with over 25 years of experience in automotive service, heavy equipment maintenance, and forensic vehicle analysis. Specializing in Lemon Law, misrepresentation, cause of failure, and improper repairs, he has provided expert opinions in over 500 cases and is court-qualified in multiple state and federal jurisdictions. As Principal of TDT Vehicle Inspection Services, he performs comprehensive evaluations on exotic, luxury, collector, and commercial vehicles. Steven holds ASE Master Certification in Automotive & Heavy-Duty Trucks, NRVIA Level II RV Inspector, ASCAA Certified Vehicle Appraiser, NAAA Frame/Unibody Structural Inspector, I-CAR PL3 Structural Technician, and USPAP certification. He actively contributes to automotive education, professional associations, and technical program development.
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Dr. James Miller PE, PhD
Ann Arbor, MI
There are four PhD and registered Professional Engineers at Miller Engineering who are celebrating 40 years of Professorships at three universities along with providing services to Government, Insurance, and Industry—through research, publications, presentations, and expert testimony. These co-founders and associates are James M. Miller, PE, PhD; Mark R. Lehto, PhD; James M.L. Miller, MS, PhD, EIT; Adam M. Olshove, PE, MSE; and Jeffrey D. Rupp, MSE. Miller Engineering has a dedicated office with a full-time staff of engineers, researchers, and technical writers. The span of our collective academic and experiential expertise includes the Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Agricultural, Industrial, Human Factors, Ergonomic and Safety fields of engineering. Miller Engineering’s principal engineers wrote the original books on warnings and instructions, have published in several other areas, have participated in product designs and patents, and have analyzed, reconstructed and/or animated numerous types of accidents. We are known for our staff’s thorough, detailed documentation and portrayal of accident sequences and the surrounding environmental circumstances. Miller Engineering also designs and operates hydroelectric and solar energy sources within its agricultural, forestry, marine, and cattle subsidiary operations in Idaho and Oregon, lending to unique hand-on expertise in these areas. Dr. James Miller, PE—Founder of Miller Engineering and Emeritus Professor at the University of Michigan – Engineering. He has directly served in Washington originating several Federal OSHA safety regulations, and interacts regularly with Consumer Products Safety Commission regarding safety and product recalls. He serves as a reviewer of ASTM consumer products safety standards, provides upper management guidance on product design, recall and liability issues, and serves as an expert witness when required by consultative involvements. In addition, Dr. Miller works often on projects relating to compliance with occupational safety and consumer safety standards (OSHA, MSDS, CPSC, ANSI, ASTM, UL, ASABE, etc.) along with accidents associated with agriculture, consumer products, machine guarding, fire/explosions, and slip and fall circumstances. Recently, Dr. Miller has been handling cases involving battery fires, particularly with respect to e-cigarettes and vaporizers. Dr. Miller holds a bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering from Ohio State University. At the University of Michigan, he taught courses in human factors/ergonomics, safety engineering, methods engineering and law for engineers. On leave from the University at the U.S. Department of Labor, he was appointed as Special Assistant for Safety to OSHA’s Assistant Secretary of Labor, where he had responsibility, among other things, for revising the OSHA Safety Standards (29 CFR 1910 and 1926). Dr. Miller has authored a chapter titled "Hazard Communication and Right-to-Know: Regulatory Issues" in the Safety Engineering Handbook for ASSE. He has also authored five books on the topics of “warnings and safety instructions” and dozens of journal articles. He is currently a committee member of the ASTM Technical Committee F15 on Consumer Products. Finally, Dr. Miller is a registered professional engineer and consultant with over 35 years of experience including expert witness work. He specializes in warnings, labeling, and instruction manuals, consumer product design, process safety, explosions, fire science, chemical hazards (diacetyl, asbestos, benzene, etc.), machine guarding, vehicle visibility, systems for egress/ingress, slip and fall prevention, recreational vehicles (ATVs, boats, and personal watercraft), and all agricultural operations. Affiliations: American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), American Chemical Society (ACS), American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), and American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
Adam Olshove PE, MSE
Ann Arbor, MI
Adam is a registered mechanical professional engineer with over 12 years of experience providing consulting services to industry and the legal profession. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Mechanical Engineering, both from the University of Michigan. He focused his studies on the modeling and control of dynamic systems, with a particular emphasis on battery modeling. He continues to work with the University of Michigan’s Battery Lab on projects involving battery failures, design, and testing. His projects at Miller Engineering have focused on a wide range of consumer product design issues and industrial accidents. He has performed dozens of on-site investigations nationwide in relation to these projects, including failure analysis and testing. He has particular expertise in the areas of slip/trip/falls, battery failures and warnings, residential and commercial code compliance, product tip-overs, furniture failures, machine design, and electro-mechanical testing. Adam has also designed and evaluated warning labels for corporate clients, as well as developed instruction manuals for novel products. His past professional experiences include product development on the pressure sensor team at Caterpillar, Inc., and implementation of energy saving solutions at Rhetech, Inc., a plastic resin manufacturing company. As an undergraduate, he conducted research at the University of Michigan’s Composite Structures Lab under the supervision of the Aerospace Engineering Department Chair, Dr. Tony Waas. Recently, Adam has been involved in the evaluation, design, and testing of batteries including Lithium Ion (Li-ion) and Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH), particularly those used in e-cigarettes and vapes. Affiliations: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Committee F15 on Consumer Products; American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME); National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE); American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP)