California Products Liability Expert Witnesses

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Thomas W Caldwell, P.E. (Summit Associates of Bedford LLC)
Mr. Caldwell has 38 years experience in materials R&D, product design and testing, manufacturing process development, quality assurance and product failure for ferrous and non-ferrous alloy products. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Ohio. Expertise: Automotive,... Learn More ›

Dr. / Professor J. Rasty, Ph.D., PE, CFEI, CFII, President & CEO (Real World Forensic Engineering)
Since 1988, Real-World Forensic Engineering, LLC (“RWFE”) has provided engineering services to industries and government labs, as well as litigation support to both plaintiff and defense attorneys practicing in areas of law including: Products Liability,... Learn More ›

C.J. Abraham (Technical Director, Scientific Advisory Services, Ltd.)
Dr. Abraham has over forty years of international experience consulting to insurance companies, municipalities, government agencies, and the legal profession. He has consulted in more than 3,500 matters involving human factors, safety, personal injury... Learn More ›

Ivey Engineering, Inc.
Ivey Engineering, Inc. (IEI) is an HVAC, plumbing, process piping, fire sprinkler and energy management consulting firm. The firm primarily performs design and expert witness consulting relating to construction, products, injuries and causality losses.... Learn More ›

Dennis W. Eckstine (Eckstine & Associates, Inc.)
Dennis Eckstine has over 30 years experience in engineering, quality, and product safety including company representative at trial for equipment manufacturers. He has expertise and extensive experience with cranes, aerial platforms, lifts, trucks, farm... Learn More ›
Robert L. Rowe (Pyrocop, Inc.)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Robert Rowe is the Owner/Operator of Pyrocop, Inc., a Southern California based fire investigation and fire consulting company that provides unmatched fire expert services both nationally and internationally....
Martin M Balaban, PhD, PE (AR TECH Forensic Experts, Inc)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: PhD Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley, MS Mechanics from Illinois Institute of Technology, BS Civil Engineering from Cooper Union. Licensed Professional Engineer (Safety) State of California. Accident...
Harvey C Voris (HCV Consulting)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Harvey C. Voris’ entire engineering career has been devoted to the fitness industry. With over 34 years of fitness equipment design experience and seven utility patents Mr. Voris will bring added credibility...
Michael Panish (ConstructionWitness.com)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Mike Panish is a legal expert witness and consultant specializing in most construction trades (defects & injuries), automatic door systems, doors, door hardware, door sensors, gates, cabinetry, architectural...
Robert M Anderson (The Anderson Edge)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Trusted By 32 of the Top 100 Insurance Law Firms (see list of 32 Top Law Firms below) I have 35 years both as an underwriter and insurance broker in property-casualty insurance, captive formation and...
Fari Barzegar, Ph.D., P.E., CPEng. (Habitat Engineering & Forensics, Inc.)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Expert consultant/witness in over 90 cases with testimony/trial experience. Dr. Barzegar is a licensed professional engineer providing a broad range of services in civil/structural engineering and construction...
Joshua Weiner (SepiSolar, Inc.)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Welcome to SepiSolar, where passion meets expertise in upholding the integrity of the solar industry. As fervent advocates for sustainable energy, we have positioned ourselves as the premier expert witness...
Alan D Black (adbForensics)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Alan Black PE, CSP, CFI-A has over 40 years of professional experience in concept development, engineering, safety analysis, inspection and testing of amusement park show, ride and stunt equipment, military...
James G. Kent
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Kent is a Kinesiologist and Certified Medical Investigator with offices in Southern California and the Reno/Lake Tahoe area. He has provided consultation and expert witness services since 1983. His...
MORRIS S. FARKAS, P.E. (Consulting Office of Morris S. Farkas)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: MORRIS FARKAS, Professional Safety Engineer, has 39 years of experience in construction, demolition, industrial and electrical safety, with the following credentials: Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil...
Sean Shideh, P.E.
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Providing comprehensive expert consulting in automotive litigation cases: • Automotive manufacturing and design defects analysis • Seatbelt/Airbag design and protection performance analysis • Vehicle...
Scott O. Ganaja, P.E. (PROgressiv Engineering, Inc.)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Scott Ganaja specializes in the design and manufacture of bicycles and e-bikes, exercise and medical equipment. He is experienced in matters involving products liability and intellectual property. Mr....
Barbara C Luna (White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna & Hunt)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Expert witness testimony in complex litigation involving business, real estate, personal injury, marital dissolution, liability issues, damage analysis of lost profits, unjust enrichment, reasonable royalties...
Neil Sheehan (Consulting Engineer - Medical Products)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Over 45 years of experience in all aspects of medical device design, development and manufacturing from individual contributor to Vice President of Engineering and Manufacturing. Broad range of products...
Stephen M. Raffle, M.D. (Stephen M. Raffle, M.D. & Associates)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Stephen M. Raffle, M.D., Board Certified Forensic Psychiatrist with 49 years' experience rendering his expert opinion in over 5000 cases and testifying at 700+ depositions and trials. A short list of...
Craig Good, Ph.D., P.Eng (Collision Analysis, Inc.)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Craig Good, Ph.D., P.Eng. (COLLISION ANALYSIS) has extensive experience in injury biomechanics including trampoline & foam pit injuries and automotive product failure/product liability cases including...
Thomas Yager (ATV Safety Consulting)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Consulting (ATVSC) was formed in 2002 to serve as a quality resource for ATV operator training, safety, and expert analysis of ATV related accidents. Since 2002 ATVSC has broadened...
Jeffrey T Gotro (InnoCentrix, LLC)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Jeffrey Gotro is a polymers and plastics expert with 40 years' experience and provides polymer consulting, litigation support and expert witness services. Areas of Polymer/plastics Expertise: Specialty...
Doug C Shapiro (Shapiro & Associates)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Shapiro & Associates is a Bicycle Operational Standard of Care Consulting Company that provides superior consulting and expert witness services for bicycle-related litigations. We testify throughout the...
Jesse L. Wobrock, Ph.D. (Accident Reconstruction & Biomechanics)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: ARBIO has offices in Truckee, CA (CalNeva) and Orange, CA (Main Office). Qualified in both Accident Reconstruction & Forensic Biomechanical Engineering, ARBIO (Accident Reconstruction & Biomechanics)...
Kenneth Nemire (HFE Consulting LLC)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Kenneth Nemire, Ph.D., CPE has provided litigation support on premises, products, motor vehicle, and workplace accident cases for over 18 years and has been retained by both plaintiff and defense. He...
Zal Phiroz (Harvard University, University of California San Diego)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Zal Phiroz is an established chain expert. In addition to expert witness work, he has held a number of faculty appointments (Harvard, USC, UCSD), executive/senior management roles (Proctor & Gamble,...
Stanley P. Stephenson, Ph.D. (Stephenson-Economics, LLC)
Location: California and Florida
Areas of Expertise: Since 1985, Dr. Stephenson has provided a wide range of economic damages assessment and expert testimony in complex tort and commercial litigation, involving various industries including high-tech manufacturing,...
Bob Hickman PE, CMSE (The Warren Group, Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Senior Consulting Engineer Bob Hickman is a Licensed Professional Engineer in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Texas, and a Certified Machinery Safety Expert. He has over 30 years of manufacturing...
Scott Burton, Certified Playground Safety Inspector (Safety Play, Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Nationwide. Unused retainers are refunded (above case min.)! Mr. Burton is an ex-manufacturer experienced in testimony, manufacturing, design, planning, installation, safety inspections and safety audits,...
Les Winter, P.E. (Robson Forensic, Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Les Winter has been building and designing furniture for more than twenty-five years. As a skilled cabinet maker and professional engineer, Les applies his expertise towards the investigation of woodworking...
Consolidated Consultants
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Consolidated Consultants (CCc) continues to deliver high quality expert witness and medical expert witness referrals nationwide since 1995. CCc is the only referral service where you can view the full,...
Stanley Jaworski, P.E., C.F.E.I., C.V.F.I. (Robson Forensic)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Stanley Jaworski, P.E., C.F.E.I., C.V.F.I. Mechanical Engineer & Building Systems Expert Stanley Jaworski is a mechanical engineer with a diverse range of professional and vocational experience. As...
Daryl Ebersole, P.E. (Robson Forensic Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Daryl L. Ebersole, PE, is a licensed Professional Engineer in more than 10 states. He has also testified at trial in approximately 10 states. He is a proven investigator of electrical causes of fires,...
Chad E. Jones, P.E., CFEI, CMSE®, CVFI (The Warren Group, Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: *Available Nationwide* Senior Consulting Engineer Chad Jones is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states, a NAFI Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator, NAFI Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator,...
James Derby (Robson Forensic)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: James Derby Ceramic Scientist & Failure Analysis Expert James Derby is a ceramic materials scientist with extensive experience in tribology and failure analysis. James has extensive experience in processing...
Richard Murray, P.E. (Robson Forensic, Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Richard Murray is a Mechanical Engineer and industrial safety expert with vast expertise across product design, automation, and guarding; manufacturing processes; and other complex mechanical devices and...
Tom Kelly, M.S.E.E., P.E., CFEI, CESCP (The Warren Group, Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: *Available Nationwide* Electrical Engineer specializing in electrical equipment failures, fires and explosions, electrocution and electric shock accidents, solar system failures, and more. Senior Consulting...
Sean P. Vozza, BSME (Quality Forensic Engineering, LLC)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Mr. Vozza is a Mechanical Engineer who investigates cases involving a variety of forensic engineering issues. He has worked on over 500 accident reconstruction cases in the past seven years, providing...
Ronald D Schaible, CIH, CSP, CPE (Robson Forensic Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Ron Schaible, CIH, CSP, P.E. is Certified in the Comprehensive Practice of Industrial Hygiene (CIH), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), a Registered Professional Engineer #36714-Safety (Massachusetts),...
Ian M. Zeller, Ph.D., ACTAR (Quality Forensic Engineering, LLC)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Zeller is an accomplished engineer with more than 10 years of experience in biomechanics and computational dynamics fields. He has investigated hundreds of cases ranging from motor vehicle accidents,...
ForensisGroup, Inc. (The Expert of Experts)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: For over 30 years, ForensisGroup has provided the nation’s top law firms, businesses, insurance companies, government entities with highly qualified expert witnesses and consultants. Experts referred by...
Jeffrey Kobilka, P.E., C.F.E.I. (Robson Forensic)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Jeffrey M. Kobilka, P.E., C.F.E.I. Electrical Engineer & Industrial Controls Expert Jeffrey Kobilka is an electrical engineer with more than a decade of professional experience in the engineering design...
Dale J. Cagwin, P.E. (Robson Forensic Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Mr. Dale J. Cagwin, P.E., C.F.E.I. is a Licensed Professional Engineer in multiple states and a Certified Fire Protection Specialist. His experience includes fire protection engineering and HVAC, mechanical,...
Edward A. Gray (Robson Forensic, Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Ed Gray is a Facilities Engineer, Property Management Expert, and Patented Inventor with over 36 years of combined professional experience in marine and shoreside facilities. As an expert at Robson Forensic,...
Gary E Kilpatrick, PE, DFE (The Kilpatrick Group, PA)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Who is The Kilpatrick Group, PA? Our mission is to provide to you with forensic mechanical design engineering services that are dedicated to the application of the art, science and methodology of forensic...
Kenneth D. Newson (Interior Specifications)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Forensic scientist in floor related litigation including slip & falls, all materials and installation, moisture vapor testing, and Slip Resistance testing. Member of ASTM. Marble Institute of America,...
Bartley J. Eckhardt, P.E. (Robson Forensic Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: BARTLEY J. ECKHARDT – P.E. Marine and Mechanical Engineer What better expert to retain for matters relating to marine and industrial engineering than a Merchant Mariner who’s versed in ship design and...
Kenneth J Kutchek, P.E., C.F.E.I., CMSE (Robson Forensic)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Kenneth Kutchek, PE, C.F.E.I., CMSE, is an electrical engineer with more than 30 years of hands-on experience in manufacturing, industrial automation, process control, electrical design and software development....
Stephen E. Fournier, P.E., NCEES (Robson Forensic, Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: STEPHEN E. FOURNIER, P.E., NCEES Construction Injury, Construction Equipment, Workplace Safety, Ladder Expert Steve has over 35 years in the construction field and has performed more than 1,000 forensic...
Technology Associates, LLC (Kristopher J Seluga, M.S., P.E. (CT & NY) )
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Kristopher J Seluga, M.S., P.E. (CT & NY) Our staff of experienced engineers are ready to apply established scientific and engineering knowledge and techniques to your case. Our staff has published...
Andrea Merrill (Medsurity Experts)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Andrea Merrill, MD is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and a Surgical Oncologist at Boston Medical Center. She is board certified by the American Board...
Products Liability FAQs

What is a products liability expert witness?

A products liability expert witness is a professional who provides testimony on cases involving injuries allegedly caused by defective products. They may opine on product design, safety regulations, product operation, manufacturing, and warnings, among related topics.

What is the role of a products liability expert witness?

The role of a products liability expert witness is to offer expert testimony in court on the design, manufacture, and safety of products.

How much can a person make as a products liability expert witness?

Products liability expert witnesses can make between $150-$400 per hour, and even more depending on their skills, knowledge, and experience.

What are the qualifications of a products liability expert witness?

The qualifications necessary to be a products liability expert witness include a deep understanding of product design, manufacturing processes, and code compliance.

What type of evidence is gathered in a lawsuit by a products liability expert witness?

A products liability expert witness gathers evidence such as product design, manufacturing processes, safety standards, and testing procedures to determine if a product caused harm and if the manufacturer is liable.

What type of cases typically involve the testimony of a products liability expert witness?

Product liability expert witnesses are typically called upon in cases involving defective products, design flaws, manufacturing defects, inadequate warnings or instructions, and injuries or damages resulting from the use of a product.