Expert Witnesses for Bus & Truck

Found 6 experts for Bus & Truck

  • Steve Allison
    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.
  • Steven Paul
    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.
  • JM
    Dr. James Miller, PE, PhD is joined by his co-founders Mark Lehto, PhD; David Clark PE PhD, and Adam M. Olshove, PE MSE. For 40 years Miller Engineering has had an in-office 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. Website: www.millerengineering.com Our top 10 specialty areas include 1. WARNINGS & INSTRUCTIONS: Drs. Miller and Lehto wrote the first scholarly book addressing warnings, labels & user manuals. They are possibly the best known active experts in the area. Projects: Compliance with US and Global Standards (ANSI Z535 and ISO Standards), Inadequate Warnings Analysis, Product Recall Information and Strategies, and Health & Chemical Hazard Warnings. 2. WORKPLACE SAFETY: Dr. Miller wrote or revised the original OSHA General Industry (29CFR1910) and Construction (29CFR1926) Standards. Projects: Machine Guarding & Entanglements, Plastic Injection Molding, Cranes, Material Handling, Construction Accidents, Fork Lifts, Conveyors and chemical processing. 3. AGRICULTURAL AND FARM: We own/operate 1500 acres of ranch/farm and timber land, including a Hydroelectric Plant and Solar Farms which we designed and built. Projects: Tractor and Implement Accidents, Pesticide Application and Exposure including Drone Usage, Toxic Chemical Exposure, Animal Care and Accidents, Harvesting and Tillage Accidents, Barn Hay Storage, and Automated Crop Irrigation Systems through pivots and wheel lines. 4. HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS: Dr. Lehto is the author of the widely used college text and reference book "Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers", in its second edition. The breadth and depth of his expertise is obvious from this scholarly work. Both he and Dr. Miller have taught graduate level courses in this area along with related forensic and consulting activities for private companies. 5. VEHICLE ACCIDENTS & BATTERIES: Projects: Car, Bus, Truck, Motorcycle, Tractor Trailer, Bicycle and Boat Reconstructions. Battery fires and malfunctions of auto and personal E-Vehicles (bikes and scooters) have been popular. 6. FIRES, EXPLOSIONS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURES: Projects: Electric Panel Circuit Fires, Water Heater and Furnace Flammable paint/Adhesive Ignitions, Chemical Pressure Vessel Releases, Agricultural Fertilizer Spontaneous Combustions, Chemical Environmental Releases/Contaminations in water and Community Air. 7. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY: Projects: Appliances & Tools, Child Furniture, Choking, Playgrounds, Swimming Pools, Exercise Equipment; Cannabis Processing Safety; Vaping Batteries and Management of Product Recalls. 8. SLIPS, TRIPS, FALLS AND PREMISE LIABILITY: Dr. Miller's publications on Coefficient of Friction and Ladder Safety maintain their timeliness. Property Projects Include: Retail Store Automatic Door Accidents, , Retail Store Display Placement, Parking Lot Curbs and Walkways, Stair/Rail Construction, Floor Maintenance, Snow Removal; Slip Resistant Material Usage, Faulty Contractor Construction. 9. CHEMICAL WARNINGS AND PROCESSING SAFETY: Dr. Miller's recent book analyzes about all the required "Chemical Warnings" common in the US including: National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Hazardous Material Information System (HMIS) Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA) DOT Vehicle Labeling (All Commercial Vehicles) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA Federal Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA) International Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Hazard Communication System (OSHA HazCom) California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) We analyze accidents involving compliance of these standards as well as chemical manufacturing processing accidents. Besides chemical warnings we are involved in Toxic Tort Litigations (Asbestos, Lead, Benzene, Carbon Monoxide, Diacetyl). 10. GREENHOUSE VEGETABLE AND CANNABIS PRODUCTION: We have enjoyed engineering projects for indoor and urbanized growing and processing of select high value plants. Proper heating, ventilating, air conditioning (HVAC) systems are very complex and must be designed differently from residential buildings . The up to ten high decks of automated conveyor and irrigation levels require precise timing and quantities of water and corrosive fertilizers. Also, the multi levels of light frequencies are controlled by their own automated schedule per age of plants. Harvesting and processing the unique bud structures of cannabis subjects employees has led to serious hand injury from equipment hazards. JAMES M. MILLER, PE, PHD – Founder Dr. Miller is an Emeritus Engineering Professor at the University of Michigan. He has directly served in Washington originating several Federal OSHA safety regulations, and interacts regularly with CPSC regarding product safety and recalls. In addition to his publication areas available within his CV, he is active in daily decisions and operations for large agricultural production facilities in Idaho and Oregon. MARK R. LEHTO, PHD – Co-Founder Dr. Lehto is a Professor of Engineering at Purdue University. Within his human factors an ergonomics textbook listed above are special expertise areas such as knowledge engineering, warnings and instructions, structuring expert systems, accident modeling, accident statistical analysis, consumer product safety, boating safety, in-field national surveys of product usage, and product information effectiveness. ADAM M. OLSHOVE, PE, MSE – Our company engineering manager, Mr. Olshove has over 10 years of experience providing consulting services to industry and the legal profession. He holds his BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. He has performed dozens of on-site investigations nationwide in relation to consumer product design , slips and falls, industrial accidents, battery fires and explosions and product failure analysis and testing in our laboratory facilities. Visit our website: www.millerengineering.com
  • Larry Parker
    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.
  • Steve Roensch
    Steve Roensch M.S.

    Appleton, WI

    Steve Roensch has a robust background in engineering mechanics, physics and mathematics. He has 44 years of professional experience, has served as an expert witness on 90 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 involving component failures, rollovers and rollaways. 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.
  • Adam Olshove
    Adam is a registered mechanical professional engineer with 15 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. 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. 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)