Ed Wallis Letter of Recommendation (Defense)
Mike Conway Letter of Recommendation (Plaintiff)
A SAMPLING OF FORENSIC ENGAGEMENTS
Key:
IE = Investigative Engineer Assignment
P = Plaintiff Engagement
D = Defense Engagement
Pre-Litigation Investigations:
- Armstrong Lumber Company Electrical Panel Failure, Urbana, IL – 1978 (IE)
- Kraft/Humko Food Mfr Corp – Coffee Creamer Packaging Line Safety Seal Failure – 1983 (IE)
- Residential Fire due to Improper NG to LP Gas Conversion – 1984 (IE)
- Crescent City Grain Bin Fire – Crescent City, Illinois – 1984 (IE)
- Dial Soap Manufacturing Corp – Steam Boiler Internal Vessel Damage (IE)
- University of Illinois Abbott Power Station – Sulpher Scrubber Failure – 1987 (IE)
- Danville Single Family Residence – Utility Transformer Induced Fire (IE)
- Gray Chiropractic Clinic X-Ray Machine Failure – Lightning Damage 1991 (IE)
- Tuscola Video Store Fire – Tuscola, Illinois – 1991 (IE)
- Quick Single Family Residence Fire – Villa Grove, Illinois – 1992 (IE)
- Residential Fire due to Defective Furnace Oil Burner Controller – 1992 (IE)
- Joines Well Pump Branch Circuit Failure, Hindsboro, Illinois – 1993 (IE)
- Sisk Supermarket Electrical Service Fire – Arcola, Illinois – 1993 (IE)
- Recontek Waste Recycling Scrubber Failures – Newman, Illinois – 1994 (IE)
- Hoopeston Sewer Plant Flooding, Hoopeston, IL – 1994 (IE)
- Plastipak Inc. Injection Molding Factory, 15KV Distribution Equipment Explosion – 1995 (IE)
- Getz Single Family Residence Intermittent Power Failure – Urbana, Illinois – 1996 (IE)
- Campbell Residence Electrical Fire and Primary Cable Explosion Urbana, IL – 1996 (IE)
- Stockland Grain Elevator – Grain Silo Distribution Panel Fire – 1997 (IE)
- Paul Single Family Residence Lightning Induced Fire, Monticello, Illinois – 1997 (IE)
- Hoopeston Illinois Water Plant Instrumentation Failure due to Lightning Strike – 1997 (IE)
- Crop-duster Severs High Voltage Line – 2014 (IE)
- Residential Fire/Smoke Damage Investigation, Mahomet, IL – 2015 (IE)
- Bowling Alley Service Connection Damage, Springfield, IL – 2015 (IE)
- Strip Mall Retail Store Fire, Appleton, Arkansas – 2015 (IE)
- Residential Electrical Fire, Colmar, Illinois – 2016 (IE)
- Pickup Truck Fire, Sunman, Indiana – 2016 (IE)
- Induction Welder Failure,Galena, Illinois – 2017 )IE)
Numerous other insurance and forensic investigations, most commonly to determine root cause.
Expert Witness – Current Ongoing Cases – Prior to Testimony
- Employee Trip and Fall Injury – Indoor Lighting Controls Case – 2018 (P)
- Concert Attendee Trip and Fall Injury – Outdoor Lighting Case – 2018 (P)
- Building Occupant Injuries – Electrical Construction PCB Issues – 2018 (D)
- Employee Shock and Burn Injuries from UPS/Electrical Outlet – 2019 (P)
- Railroad Employee Double Amputation – Outdoor Lighting Case – 2019 (D)
- Head Injury of Referee from Falling Lighting Equipment – Lighting Case – 2019 (P)
- Contractor Negligence Dispute – Failure of LED Lighting Equipment – 2019 (P)
- Auto-Pedestrian Impact Injuries – Parking Garage Lighting Case – 2019 (P)
- Electric Shock Injuries on Residential Cooking Range – 2019 (P)
Expert Witness – Deposition Witness and/or Witness at Trial:
- Milk Distributor – Route Driver Electrocution – 1995 (D)
- Shopping Mall Shooting – Fact Witness at Trial
- Lighting Contractor – Contractor Negligence – Liquidated Damages, Breach of Contract – 2004 (D)
- 60 Story Building Security System Installation – Breach of Contract Claim – 2014 (D)
- Fertilizer Manufacturer – Industrial Amputation due to Controls Failure – 2015 (D
- Industrial Injury – Exploding 65 KV Electrical Equipment – 2016 (P)
- Pedestrian Injured by Pickup Truck – Illumination Case – 2017 (P)
- Substation Damage Following Crane Tip-over – Fire/Explosion Electrical power Case – 2017 (D)
- Residential Light Trespass – Illumination Case – 2018 (P)
- Youth Injury on Electrical Outlet – Electrical Case – 2018 (P)
- Head Injury of Child from Falling Lighting Equipment – Lighting Case (P)
- Electrocution of Electrician Working on Parking Lot Lighting Fixture – Lighting/Electrical Case (P)
- Customer Trip and Fall Injury – Parking Lot Illumination Case – 2018 (P)
- Contract Dispute – Witness at Deposition – 2018 (P)
- Residential Electrical Fire – Multi-Origin Fire Investigation – 2018 (D)
Expert Witness – As Consultant , or Settled Prior to Testimony
- Drake v Illinois Power, Single Family Residence, Utility Induced Fire – Champaign, IL – 1991 (P)
- Cabot Chemical Manufacturing Corporation – Karbate Vessel Disintegration – 1992 (D)
- Bidner Farm Steel Disintegration from Natural Gas Pipeline Cathodic Protection – 1997 (IE)
- Industrial Scrubber Fire, Memphis, TN – Mechanical Component Failure – 2014 (D)
- Double Electrocution, Wellman, Iowa – 7.2 kV Contact – 2015 (P)
- Residential Contractor Quality Dispute – Construction Contract Claim – 2015 (P,D)
- Municipal Reservoir Pumping Station – SCADA System Case – Tank Rupture – 2015 (D)
- Trucking Company – Slip & Fall Injury – Illumination Case – 2015 (P)
- 41 Vehicle Accident – Illumination Case – 2016 (P)
- Man Lift Worker Electrocution – High Voltage Electrical – 2016 (P)
- Electrical Contractor Breach of Contract Regarding Overages – 2106 (P)
- Billboard Worker Electrocution – 2016 (P)
- Worker Electrocution on Man Lift – Electrical Power Case – 2017 (P)
- Wastewater Treatment Plant General Contractor Breach of Contract – 2017(P)
- Motorist Fatality on Bridge – Illumination Case – 2017 (P)
- Worker Fatality Due to Control System Failure – Electrical Control Case – 2018 (P)
- Construction Worker Injury on Jobsite at Night – Illumination Case – 2017 (D)
- Copper & Brass Manufacturer – Double Amputation – Illumination Case – 2018 (D)
- Double Fatality in Construction Zone – Illumination Case – 2018 (P)
- Employee Burn Injury from Electrical Outlet – 2018 (P)
- Trucker Fatality in Parking Lot of Transfer Yard – Illumination Case – 2018 (P)
- Worker Injury on Ski Lift – Electrical Control Case – 2018 (D)
- Worker Electrocution on Light Fixture during School Construction – 2018 (D)
- Worksite Metal Halide Lamp Outer Envelope Failure UV Burn Injuries – 2018 (D)
- Residential Fire and Explosion from Gunpowder Deflagration – Fire Investigation – 2018 (D)
- Cheer Event Trip and Fall Injury – Indoor Lighting Case – 2019 (D)
- Rooftop Explosion and Fire – Wrongful Death Case – 2019 (P)
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