This highly-qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in the automotive industry, with expertise in automotive Lemon Law and warranty breach of contract. He holds several certifications, including as a certified service writer, a certified master technician auto and HD truck, and a certified appraiser. He is active in his field as a member of the International Automotive Appraisers Association and the Auto Mediators Association. He formerly served as the ...
This highly qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in the field of automotive repair. He earned his BS in automotive technology and business. He then began his 30-year career with Ford Motor Company, starting as a technical hotline engineer. He then served as a factory training instructor and a field service engineer for Ford Motor Company, where he provided service support to Ford and Lincoln dealerships....
This highly qualified expert has extensive experience in diminished value and the post-repair inspection of vehicles. He ensures vehicles are restored to their pre-accident condition in terms of fitness and functionality, and he specializes in determining the loss of value to properly and improperly repaired vehicles. He obtained his BA in management from Oklahoma State University, before receiving his MBA from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Today, this expert ...
This well-qualified expert received his BS in hospitality management from Nova SouthEastern University and his MBA from Barry University. He is a member of the American Society of Appraisers, Antique Automobile Club of America, Sports Car Club of America, and Veteran Motor Car Club of America. He has been involved in the collector car and restoration hobby for over 50 years and has formerly served as a body shop technician at Macmetals Body Shop. Currently, this expert ...
This expert has over 20 years of experience in automotive electronics engineering. He holds a BS in physics from Michigan State University, a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Texas, a BS in computer science from Wayne State University, and a MBA in international economics from Oakland University. He began his career as an avionics electrical engineer with the US Air Force, performing field engineering testing, reliability, and failure analysis for ...
This expert has over two decades of experience in the field of quality and manufacturing processes, specializing in automotive vehicles and their components. She received her BS in chemical engineering from the University of Waterloo and then became a process engineer at Woodbridge Foam. Afterward, she worked as a quality engineer at Estee Lauder Corporation, a project manager for ATS Automation Tooling Systems, and then as the assistant manager of quality engineering at ...
This highly-qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in the automotive industry, with extensive experience in dealership operations for both domestic and import franchises. He is a certified management consultant and a certified "Train the Trainer" through Saturn's Outside Services and Consulting. He began his career at Joe Coker Pontiac-GMC holding a variety of positions, including service advisor and manager, salesperson, and sales manager. He then transitioned ...
This expert earned his BBA from Marshall University in West Virginia before beginning his career as a buyer at Toyota Motor Manufacturing. Thereafter, he moved to Mercedes-Benz working as an assistant manager of purchasing. He then held leadership positions in the purchasing departments of Hyundai Motor America, Eisenmann Corporation, Akebono Brake Corporation, and Robert Bosch GmbH. A certified purchasing manager (CPM), he currently serves as the director of procurement ...
This qualified expert has over 40 years of experience as an automotive powertrain engineer. He received his BS in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and his ME in engine systems from the University of Wisconsin Madison. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was an engineer for McDonnell Douglas Astronautics and ALCO Power. For several years, he worked for Daimler Chrysler as an engine ...
This highly qualified automotive industry expert has over 20 years of professional experience. He earned his BA in industrial design from California State University. Formerly, he has served as a chief wheel designer at Superior Industries International, a chief wheel stylist at Superior Industries, owner at Kaucher Designwerks, and as a freelance wheel designer at America Racing. Currently, he is a lead industrial designer at a CA car design consulting studio...
This expert is an experienced service supervisor with a history working in the auto service industry. He completed his training as a communications specialist at the Maryland Army National Guard and is currently a Service Manager at an auto and repair shop....
This automobile repair expert has been in the industry for over 45 years. He worked for 15 years at an auto tool company called Snap on Tools Corp and purchased his own automobile repair shop in 1989. He has worked with many attorneys in California and just finished a review of a case where BMW settled pre-trial....
Geico Corp., a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is facing a class action lawsuit. Its Illinois customer base alleges that the company engaged in deceptive marketing practices and charged excessive premiums. Although the U.S. District Court granted Geico’s…
On Election Day 2020, California voters approved one of the most expensive ballot measures in the state’s history, Proposition 22. The measure was both created and heavily campaigned for by Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash. With the passing of Proposition 22,…
Computer simulation can be a very powerful tool in a variety of fields. This includes accident reconstruction and biomechanics to fire investigation and product design. But computer simulations can also be full of unrealistic assumptions and invalid techniques. If an…
Like it or not, Autonomous Vehicles are coming – and, they’ll be here before you know it. That is unless cautious legislation and special interests decide to slow their deployment. In fact, many vehicles already on the road incorporate key…
Many of us will remember the notorious Ford Pinto, which made headlines in the 1970’s and 1980’s with revelations about its terribly vulnerable fuel tank located near the rear bumper, with resulting fuel-fed fires in rear-impact accidents coast-to-coast. I testified…
Case: Teresa Hipple v. SCIX, et al., No. 12–1256, U.S. District Court Eastern District Pennsylvania; Aug. 13, 2014 Background: Defendant Clement Hipple founded SCIX in 1999 to market and sell Steel Seal, an automotive-repair product used to seal blown head…
Case: Sandra and Fred Seamans v. Andrew B. Tremontana, et al., No. 3:13–0698, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; Sept. 3, 2014 Background: This case involves an accident between Sandra and Fred Seamans and Andrew Tremontana. It occurred on…
This article is authored by a leading trucking expert with over 40 years of experience in the vehicle safety industry. Crashing Beneath the Rear or Side of a Truck or Trailer When a passenger car penetrates beneath… or “underrides”…the tall rear…
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Weams v. FCA US L.L.C Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31242 The defendant argued the expert was unqualified to testify on this subject. Facts The…
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Duarte v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. Citation: 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195102 The defendants—the driver, his employees, and the…
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Louisville Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Momeni-Kuric v. Metro. Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125794 The plaintiff hired the dentistry expert witness to opine…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Mcallen Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Green v. City of Mission Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 118820 In this case, the defendant retains an expert to opine on airbag…
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Haines v. Webb Citation: 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 200885Â In this vehicle collision case, a Texas court precluded the accident reconstruction expert’s testimony…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Nebraska Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Ackerman v. U-Park, Inc. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45860 Facts This case involves a slip and fall that occurred in a parking lot owned by…
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Perez v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. et al Citation: 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 155921 Facts This case involves a car…
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Hinson v. Dorel Juvenile Grp., Inc. Citation: 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74993 Facts The plaintiff, the next friend of the underage victim, filed…
Court: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Lilley v. CVS Health Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47985 Facts This case involves a carjacking that took place in a CVS Pharmacy parking lot.…
