Engineering - Design
Failure Analysis
Medical Devices
Products Liability
Plastics/Polymers
Consumer Products
Product Design & Manufacturing (Consumer, Medical, Industrial Products)
◼ BACKGROUND: 40+ years' experience including in product design, product development, and manufacturing in consumer, medical, and industrial product markets. Product innovation part-time academic since 2009, public speaker since 1985. Certified New Product Development Professional (NPDP) since 2008 by the Product Development and Management Association. Member of: Society of Plastics Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, American Society for Quality. Expert witness services to Product Liability, Intellectual Property, and Commercial Dispute litigators. ◼ PRODUCT LIABILTY EXPERTISE: Retained by both plaintiff and defense counsel. Specialize in personal injury cases involving product defects, manufacturing defects, product safety, engineering design, mechanical failures, material failures, product quality assurance, and foreseeable misuse. ◼ CASE EXAMPLES: - Retained in cases involving 3M, Honeywell, Clorox, Ace Hardware, and others. - 3M Combat Arms earplug case, retained by two plaintiff firms. More at, https://bit.ly/Forbes-on-3M Daubert ruling at, https://bit.ly/EPR-3MEP-Daubert (Page 98). Two depositions. (Plaintiff) - Furniture review of the state of competitive product safety, mechanisms, warnings. Counsel represented major insurance company. Settled after report. (Defense) - N95 mask commercial dispute, settled after report. (Plaintiff) - Consumer electronics patent infringement, settled after report. (Defense) ◼ MORE INFO AT: Expert witness services offered can be seen at, https://bit.ly/PDEWS Preferred contact: eric@pinnaclepi.com Content above is a selection of work, current case history available upon request. Expert witness testimonials at, https://bit.ly/EPR-EWT
New Product Development Professional certification since 2008
BS Industrial Design & Technology, College of Engineering, Arizona State University MBA, Pepperdine University
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Selected case work: depositions against 3M and Honeywell. Deposition and trial against Clorox.