Expert No. 128475 – Accident and Safety Expert – CA(N) / NJ / PA / WV
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., - Expertise includes analyses of vehicular, industrial, recreational, commercial, and sports-related injuries in addition to the evaluation of protective devices and safety systems, such as seat belts and helmets. Experience with research and scientific analysis in mechanical and biomedical engineering and regulatory assessments. Former university professor of Biomedical & Human Factors Engineering; Former Professor of Medicine; and Former Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Qualified as an expert witness in civil and criminal courts. Internationally recognized engineering and medical expertise. Extensively published in the peer-reviewed national and international literature. Summary and analysis of accident reports, witness statements, depositions, damage reports, scene photographs, etc. Inspection and analysis of vehicles, machinery, objects associated with an injury and the injury environment. Able to identify injury causation and injury prevention factors. Protective devices evaluation (seat belts, air bags, clothing, guards, helmets) to identify injury causation factors. Prior expert witness experience. Prior experience with consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Areas of Expertise:
Representative Litigation Experience:
Qualified as an expert witness in civil and criminal courts Internationally recognized engineering and medical expertise Wrongful death, medical and dental malpractice; medical device / product liability Injury biomechanics in automotive crashes, aircraft crashes, elevator failures, sports impacts, and slips and falls Head Injury & spine cases due to motorcycle, bicycle collisions, along with protectice helmet liability issues. Accident reconstruction and failure analysis for litigation involving serious personal injury and trauma. Analyses involving motor vehicle accidents, automotive, train and aircraft accident and injury analysis and traffic safety, forklift turnovers, elevator free-falls, slips, trips, and falls; sports injuries, product liability in industrial, sports, recreational & safety equipment; sports and industrial injuries, ergonomics & repetitive stress syndromes. Radiation dose exposure during medical diagnostic CT scans; medical malpractice and product liability. Extensively
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
- Summary & analysis of accident reports, witness statements, depositions, damage reports, scene photographs, etc.
- Inspection and analysis of vehicles; machinery; objects associated with an injury and the injury environment; and identification of injury causation and injury prevention factors and tolerance threshold criteria.
- Protective devices evaluation(seat belts, air bags, clothing, guards, helmets) to identify injury causation factors.
- Evaluation of workplace hazards and equipment, to assess and evaluate injury causation factors.
- Computer analyses including animation and simulation in both demonstrative and analytic formats.
- Search and retrieval of relevant literature from medical and engineering databases.
- Re-enactment of human kinematics or injury scenarios on-site or in laboratory setting.
- Preparation for deposition, arbitration, mediation, or trial.
- Preparation of court exhibits (photographs, charts, graphs, anatomic models, animation, and literature summaries).
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Mechanical Engineering/Aeronautical Sciences | UC Berkeley | |
| M.Sc. | Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering | University of Toronto, Institute of Aerospace Studies | |
| B.Sc. | Engineering Physics | University of Toronto |
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
- Former endowed Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering
- Former full Professor of Medicine
