Memberships: National Society of Professional Engineers
Michigan Society of Professional Engineers
National Academy of Forensic Engineers
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honors Association

(248) 921-8451
[email protected]
Website: BurnhamLLC.com

Memberships: National Society of Professional Engineers
Michigan Society of Professional Engineers
National Academy of Forensic Engineers
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honors Association

(248) 921-8451
[email protected]
Website: BurnhamLLC.com

Forensic Engineering Analysis

Logistics/Warehousing
Transportation Consulting

Expert Witness Services

Case Types

Forensic Engineering Analysis

Industrial Accident Litigation

  • Personnel Injury-Machinery, Equipment and/or Tooling Malfunction due to Design, Quality and/or Fabrication Issues
  • Personnel Injury-Operator Misuse of Tooling, Equipment and/or Safety Devices
  • Tooling and Capital Equipment Damage-Equipment Design, Quality and/or Build

Business Loss and/or Program Timing Issues-Equipment and/or Tooling Design, Quality and/or Manufacturing Process

  • Business Loss and/or Program Timing Issues-Equipment and Tooling Late Delivery
  • Business Loss or Program Timing Issues-Supplier Product Quality Issues
  • Business Loss or Penalty Cost-Recalls due to Supplier Product Quality Issues
  • Business Loss or Penalty Costs-Supplier Business Conduct and/or Late Delivery 

Automotive, Truck and Aircraft Cases

Personal Injury Litigation

  •  Seating and/or Passenger Environs Design, Quality and/or Manufacturing Issues
  • Restraint Systems Design, Quality and/or Manufacturing Issues
  • Vehicle Placarding and/or Warning Systems Design, Quality and/or Manufacturing Issues
  • Vehicle and/or Vehicle Support Systems Entry and Egress Provision Design, Quality and/or Manufacturing Issues
  • Vehicle Passenger Safety Systems Design, Quality and/or Manufacturing Issues 

Business to Business Litigation

  • Vehicle Conformance to Safety Regulation Failures due to Supplier Quality Issues
  • Vehicle Conformance to Safety Regulation Failures due to Supplier Design and/or Manufacturing Issues
  • Recall Cost Penalty Disputes due to Supplier Design, Quality and/or Manufacturing Issues
  • Program and/or Recall Penalty Cost Disputes due to Supplier Design, Manufacture, Quality and/or Program Delivery Timing Issues

Transportation, Warehousing, Supply Chain, and Logistics Consulting

Transportation Cases

Commercial transportation – trucking analysis. Vehicle safe loading and transportation. 

  • Accident analysis and root cause development for likely cause. 
  • Analysis on proper loading of commercial vehicles.
  • DOT operator training and vehicle maintenance.
  • Evaluation of work methods and training to assure safety in the transportation sector.

Transportation Litigation  

  •  Evaluation of appropriateness of training and certification programs. 
  •  Evaluation of process deviation as causes for undesirable outcomes. 
  •  Evaluation of personal injuries cases.
  •  Business compliance to federal/state statutes in the industry.

Logistics – Warehouse Cases

Warehousing Analysis 

  • Material handling equipment – operation and maintenance analysis and evaluation.
  • Training and certification evaluation. 
  • Safety program analysis – appropriate for the environment of operations.

 Third Party Logistics providers

  • Evaluation of operations performance and capability to deliver contracted service on a constant, reliable basis for clients.
  • Quality assurance program evaluation.
  • Ability to quickly recover from a non-conforming event.
  • Financial stakeholders in supply chain activities- appropriate ownership.

Logistics – Supply Chain Litigation

Transportation Litigation  

    • Analysis of supply chain failure/non-conformance and repercussions from events.
    • Financial liability assignment for failure.
    • Appropriate measures and dashboard monitoring of supply chain system.