This expert has over 40 years experience in communication messages and interpretation. He currently conducts research concerned with the interpersonal tactics and message strategies that individuals use in the context of problematic social interactions. He also specializes in communicative intention and the adequacy/inadequacy of messages. This includes the question of how people are most likely to interpret messages in particular warning labels, advertising, contracts, ...
This human factors and ergonomics expert has 20+ years of experience analyzing human performance and behavior. He specializes in warnings and risk perception, product safety, vehicle collisions, pedestrian falls, and related areas. The expert earned his Master's and his Ph.D. in Psychology and Ergonomics from North Carolina State University. He is Board Certified in Professional Ergonomics and is a member of several industry associations, including the American Society ...
This expert researches how people access and respond to safety and health risk information, examining the effectiveness of consumer product and industrial equipment warnings. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication from Kansas State University and both his Master's and doctoral degrees in Communication Studies from the University of Kansas. He has published his scholarly findings on the effectiveness of product warning labels and the communication of risk. ...
This highly qualified mechanical engineer earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from City College of New York, his MS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his PhD from the University of Connecticut. He has been formally trained in a number of engineering disciplines, including accident investigation and labels/warnings/failure to warn instructions. He belongs to a number of highly prestigious societies in the engineering field, including ...
This expert works as the vice president of engineering for a large fitness corporation. He has worked in the industry for over over thirty years, is familiar with industry trends, and is familiar with the history of numerous fitness products. He holds multiple patents for highly used fitness equipment and has published multiple articles on product safety/warning labels. He is chairman of the committee responsible for fitness industry standards and has authored or ...
This case involves a slip and fall accident in an airport terminal, which resulted in serious injuries for the Plaintiff. On the date of the incident in question, the Plaintiff was awaiting her flight in an airport terminal when she…
This case involves warning lables that were affixed to a popular antipsychotic medicataion and its generic counterparts. The drug in question was used to treat schizophrenia, as well as a number of other psychiatric disorders, under an established brand name for…
These cases take place in Maine and involves members of an industrial cleaning crew who claim that they were exposed to a range of dangerous and carcinogenic products over the course of their employment without their knowledge. Over a period…
This case takes place in New York and involves the owner of a flatbed truck equipped with a material handling system. The material handling system was added after the chassis of the truck was sold to plaintiff. The manufacturer of the…
This case takes place in Florida and involves the labeling protocols for a name-brand prescription drug and its generic equivalents. The original drug, developed and marketed over a decade ago, was designed to treat acute episodes of gastrointestinal distress. For…
This case takes place in New York and involves a child who was shopping at a big box retail store with his mother. The child picked up a large bottle of cleaning solution off the shelf and began to play with…
This case takes place in New York and involves a farmer who was injured while testing a portable irrigation pump. During pressure testing, the pipe was attached to the pumping apparatus and was filled to a few hundred pounds of…
This case takes place in Illinois and involves single use detergent pods. The pods in question are brightly colored and packaged in a way that resembles an edible item. Additionally, The liquid in the pods is under so much pressure that…
This case takes place in Kansas and involves an elderly female who was assisting in cleaning an above ground swimming pool at his son’s home. She stood on the ledge of the above ground pool, which bent off of the…
