Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Wesley D. Hoy, P.E. is a Principal of Hoy & Miller Consulting, LLC, an authorized engineering firm that provides expert services and opinion to the legal and insurance industries. Mr. Hoy's areas of court-qualified expertise include automotive maintenance, automotive systems, automotive system failure analysis, vehicle fires, crash reconstruction and automotive electronics and electronic control systems. As an ASE certified automobile and heavy-duty truck master technician, as well as a register mechanical engineer, Mr. Hoy has an extensive practical background in automotive preventive maintenance and repair, tires, brakes, steering and suspension, vehicle electronics, seat belts, black box download and interpretation, and vehicle fires. Additionally, Mr. Hoy has an extensive background in vehicle crash reconstruction, including pedestrians, bicycles, trucks, motorcycles and automobiles, and has consulted on hundreds of cases. A partial list of specific cases that Mr. Hoy has consulted upon include: • Tire failure • Wheel-off • Ball joint failure • Tie rod failure • Antilock brakes • Catastrophic engine failure • Liftgate incident • Vehicle electrical fire • Hot plate ignition • Vehicle recall • Line of sight crash reconstruction • Vehicle lighting analysis • Seat belt analysis • Black box download and analysis • Low-speed crash reconstruction • Motorcycle v truck • Truck under ride • Transit bus • Carbon Monoxide poisoning