Instructions Expert Witnesses

Instructions expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on instructions. The instructions expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Communications, Ergonomics, and Warnings & Labels.

Michael T. Motley, PH.D.

Univ. of Calif. at Davis (ret.)

Davis, California
Warnings & Labels, Communications - Meaning, Message Interpretation, Sexual Consent, Date Rape, Contract Interpretation, Instructions, Clarity, Misleading Advertising, Disclosure Adequacy, Intended Meaning, Subliminal Messages
Michael Motley, Professor Emeritus, University of California at Davis, has authored five books and over 150 articles and papers in communication. He has been officially recognized as among the "Top 1% of Scholars in Communication" during the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's. See www.MotleyExpert.com Expert opinion on adequacy of warnings, warning labels, instructions, etc. Opinion on normal interpretation of communication messages (contracts, waivers, advertisements, etc.) regarding clarity, ambiguity, potential meanings, most likely interpretation, etc. Opinion on interpretations of consent messages and/or resistance messages in claims of date rape. Opinion on meanings of messages in male/female misunderstandings.

Mark R. Lehto, PhD

Ergonomics, Chemicals, Artificial Intelligence

J.M. Miller Engineering, Inc.

Ann Arbor, Michigan
Warnings & Labels, Ergonomics - Accident Investigation, Ergonomics, Boating Safety, Accident Modeling, Aquatics, Human Factors, Marine Accident, Instructions, Chemicals, Labels & Warnings, Restraint System, Effectiveness, Child Safety, Safety Equipment, Machine Learning, Consumer Product, Slip Trip & Fall, Artificial Intelligence
There are four PhD and registered Professional Engineers at Miller Engineering who are celebrating 40 years of Professorships at three universities along with providing services to Government, Insurance, and Industry - through research, publications, presentations, and expert testimony. These co-founders and associates are James M. Miller, PE, PhD; Mark R. Lehto, PhD; James M.L. Miller, MS, PhD, EIT; Adam M. Olshove, PE, MSE; and Jeffrey D. Rupp, MSE. Miller Engineering has a dedicated office with a full-time staff of engineers, researchers, and technical writers. The span of our collective academic and experiential expertise includes the Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Agricultural, Industrial, Human Factors, Ergonomic and Safety fields of engineering. Miller Engineering also designs and operates hydroelectric and solar energy sources within their agricultural, forestry, marine, and cattle subsidiary operations in Idaho and Oregon, lending to unique hand-on expertise in these a...