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Forensic engineering projects are often litigious in which different parties seek to collect or avoid damages based upon technical allegations. Such projects will often include the production of reports by the engineering expert witness at the completion of an investigation.…

Blindness is such a small incidence group that there are very few true experts on blindness.  Blindness affects only ½ of 1% of the US population. Also, persons with severe visual loss account for less than 2% of the population.…

Like any other surgery, foot surgery may result in some complications either during the procedure or in the post op recovery period.  Mild complications of foot surgery may include excess bleeding, excess swelling, and mild post operative infection. More moderate…

During 2012, a client engineering company engaged my services as an industrial safety engineer after an accident had occurred in their factory whereby one of the machine operators had lost one finger due to contact with a high speed revolving blade…

A good human factors expert witness in general should have excellent credentials (e.g., academic background and degrees, publications, research projects, etc.). They should also have practical experience in the specific area of testimony (e.g., designed and tested warnings in the…

In the last articles: How to Design a Product Warning and How Best to Communicate a Product Warning for The Expert Institute, I listed the major components found in most warnings. I also made several suggestions that should help improve a warning’s conspicuousness…

Floor tile samples in many architects’ and interior designers’ resource libraries and literature provided to specifying design professionals as well as trade and over-the-counter customers at floor tile and home improvement centers may still reference slip resistant testing methods and…

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…

A school safety expert witness with a laboratory safety specialty advises on a case involving a fourth grade private elementary school student who was encouraged by his substitute teacher to taste and swallow what turned out to be a corrosive…

This article was authored by a DUI expert witness with nearly 20 years experience as a police officer. He is also a field training officer at a county police department and serves as the Vice President of a nightclub security…