Design Defect Expert Witness

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Gainesville Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Vazquez v. Raymond Corp. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5355 In this product liability action, the plaintiff sought to hold defendants, Raymond Corporation…

Court – United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Jurisdiction – Federal Case Name – Nease v. Ford Motor Co. Citation – 848 F.3d 219 Facts While driving a 2001 Ford Ranger pickup truck, the plaintiff discovered his…

Court: Supreme Court of Nebraska Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Pitts v. Genie Indus Citation: 302 Neb. 88 In this product liability case involving an aerial lift platform malfunction that caused an electrician to sustain injuries, the plaintiff called an electrical…

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Bennett v. Target Corp. Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 189067 In this personal injury case, the plaintiff Sharon Bennett broke her foot after she…

This is a class action case involving an alleged design defect in an automobile model. The case alleged that poor design caused the vehicle’s tires to wear much more rapidly than the industry norm due to a flaw in the vehicle’s…

While the father was reading a book, the child wandered off and climbed a guard railing separating an outdoor walkway from a small garden. The railing consisted of horizontal rungs making it easily scalable. The child reached the top and…

This case involves a wall furnace that was installed in a unit of a high-rise residential apartment building in Chicago. The unit was not equipped with a thermostat. A 4-year-old child slept in the room. There were no safeguards or…

This case involves a man that was killed after being hit with boiling, acidic liquid. The man was draining an industrial-sized storage tank when a plug broke loose. The resulting pressure caused a stream of boiling hot liquid to shoot…

This case involves several deaths that occurred at the intersection of two poorly-lit county roads in Utah over the course of three years. Both roads had speed limits of 60 mph but the intersection was only a 2-way stop. The most…