Product engineering expert witnesses
Expert class library · 2 classes
The engineers who test product and vehicle design, crashworthiness and the cause and origin of fires.
Each class is defined by role and method, never by a person or a firm. Open one for what it is retained to answer, how its testimony is attacked under Rule 702, and the rulings, each read in the opinion.
Usually retained by plaintiffs
Retained by either side
Recent rulings
The 8 rulings in this practice, newest first. Each links to the free opinion on CourtListener and to the class it belongs to.
| Outcome | Case | Court | Expert class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited | United States v. Hernandez104 F.4th 755 | 10th Cir. 2024 | Fire origin and cause investigator |
| Exclusion reversed | Elosu v. Middlefork Ranch Inc.26 F.4th 1017 | 9th Cir. 2022 | Fire origin and cause investigator |
| Admitted | Allstate Indemnity Co. v. Dixon932 F.3d 696 | 8th Cir. 2019 | Fire origin and cause investigator |
| Excluded | Larsen v. 401 Main St., Inc.302 Neb. 454, 923 N.W.2d 710 | Neb. 2019 | Fire origin and cause investigator |
| Excluded | Wilden v. Laury Transportation, LLC901 F.3d 644 | 6th Cir. 2018 | Automotive crashworthiness engineer |
| Admitted | Mazda Motor Corp. v. Hurst261 So. 3d 167 | Ala. 2017 | Automotive crashworthiness engineer |
| Excluded | Sims v. Kia Motors of America, Inc.839 F.3d 393 | 5th Cir. 2016 | Automotive crashworthiness engineer |
| Admitted | Dalton v. McCourt Electric LLC112 F. Supp. 3d 320 | E.D. Pa. 2015 | Fire origin and cause investigator |
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The library summarises public decisions for orientation; it is not legal advice. Read the opinion before relying on any ruling. No individual expert is named.