Product engineering expert witnesses
Expert class library · 7 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 its testimony turns on, how it is attacked, and the rulings, each summarised from the opinion and linked to it.
Usually retained by plaintiffs
Retained by either side
NFPA 921 scientific method · Fire pattern analysis
Machine guarding and industrial equipment engineerANSI B11 and OSHA 1910 comparison · Guarding and interlock analysis
Metallurgical failure analystFractography · Scanning electron microscopy
Electrical engineer (product failure)Circuit and schematic analysis · Component failure testing
Occupant restraint and airbag engineerBelt witness mark examination · Airbag control module data review
Tire failure analystTire teardown and shearography · Belt adhesion analysis
Recent rulings
The 12 most recent of 23 rulings in this practice, newest first. Each links to the free opinion on CourtListener and to the class it belongs to.
Other practice areas
- Antitrust
- Securities
- Commercial
- Intellectual property
- Mass tort and product liability
- Environmental and toxic tort
- Personal injury
- Transportation
- Employment
- Consumer class actions
- Medical malpractice
- Civil rights
- Forensic science
- Healthcare fraud and False Claims Act
- Family law
- Insurance
- Construction
- Bankruptcy and valuation
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.