Products Liability Expert Witnesses in Arizona

Engineering, Products Liability - burn, fire, shock, appliance, dryer, design, test, code, safety, failure, warning, analysis, literature, instruction, inspection, liability, expert, litigation, performance, warranty

Specialization in design for safety, failure investigation and testing, failure to perform, support for litigation, and product design and safety training for the consumer products industry. Qualifications: 1) Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering 2) Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Michigan 3) Certified Six Sigma (statistics) Blackbelt by Whirlpool Corporation 4) Product Safety Tools Training and application at Whirlpool Corporation 5) 30+ years of product design, including automotive, household appliance, industrial product industries. I worked in the consumer goods industry for 19 of my 30+ years in engineering, with extensive experience in the design and testing of consumer products. Knowledge expert for all major clothes dryer and washer/dryer combo types (electric, gas, heat pump, and condensing), including airflow systems, centrifugal fan design, lint collection systems, lint deposit problems, household dryer exhaust venting systems, heater element design,...

Surprise, Arizona

Products Liability, Transportation - packaging, freight, load securement, pallets, boxes, packaging machines, cargo transportation, industrial injury, industrial safety, packaging design, packaging testing, corrugated, intellectual property, business ethics, shipping, parcel shipments, crating, rail freight, distribution, warehousing

Randy Phares is a retained expert witness in packaging, materials handling, and freight transportation, with more than 30 years of hands-on industry experience. He has been retained in more than 50 cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, has given eight depositions, and has testified twice at trial in state and federal courts; across that record, his qualifications, reports, and testimony have never been excluded or successfully challenged. His forensic casework centers on shipping, loading and unloading, forklift and pallet jack operation, loads falling inside and outside of trucks, handhold and packaging failures, and pallet, crate, and load-securement failures — including catastrophic-injury and fatality matters. He has handled box van, bobtail, and flatbed over-the-road freight as well as rail, and has worked select packaging-related intellectual property and trade-secret matters. Phares has held nearly every role in a packaging operation, from running the corrugated testing ...

Phoenix, Arizona

Mechanical Engineering, Failure Analysis - Accident Reconstruction, Automotive Engineering, Fire, Explosions, Plumbing, Premises Liability, Slip-Trip & Fall, Bicycle, Motorcycle, Products Liability, Transportation, Recreational Vehicles, Heavy Equipment, Industrial Equipment & Machinery, HVAC

Mr. Behrens has 40 years of experience in mechanical engineering, with the last 36 years primarily devoted to failure analysis and forensic engineering. His forensic engineering practice is diverse and has included conducting over a thousand engineering investigations involving a wide range of fires, explosions, accidents, and product failures. Mr. Behrens has conducted hundreds of full-scale vehicle crash, fire and component-level tests, which has provided a practical basis for his extensive knowledge and expertise in the analysis of automotive fires, failures and accidents. Mr. Behrens also has expertise in fire and failure analysis involving appliances, plumbing systems, fire sprinkler systems, HVAC, and commercial/industrial equipment. Mr. Behrens is a Certified Fire Investigator (CFI) and Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator (CVFI) by the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI) and a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI) by the National Associat...

Scottsdale, Arizona

Motorcycle, Products Liability - American Motorcycles, Motorcycle Braking and Stopping, Motorcycle Maneuverability, Motorcycle Movements and Inputs, Motorcycle Reconstruction, Motorcycle Speed, Motorcycle Safety, Motorcycle Properties and Characteristics, Repair Fraud, Motorcycle Tire Defect, O.E.M vs. Aftermarket Parts, Training

A certified expert in all aspects of motorcycle operation including Chassis Service, Electrical Diagnostics, Fuel Injection, Powertrain, Motorcycle Operation and Function. Pre-impact and Post-impact Velocities Vehicle Trajectory Cause Analysis Lamp Analysis Human Factors Motorcycle Inspection Component Failure Determination Motorcycle Handleability Testing and Analysis Motorcycle Safety Motorcycle Tire Defect Litigation Repair Fraud O.E.M vs. Aftermarket Parts Training