Expert Witness:
Scott L Turner's highly qualified and well rounded expert opinions is supported by over 20 years experience in the highly specialized field of commercial motor vehicle (hereinafter; CMV) crashes, including 17 years as a working CEO of a nationwide CMV crash recovery team and major disaster response and recovery, with or without hazardous material involvement. Further, Turner's extensive field experience is supported by the highest levels of truck and motorcoach crash training; such as, but not limited to: Level 1 FMCSA Inspections; CMV Crash Inspections and Investigations; Cargo Tank Truck Specialist; Hazardous Materials Inspections (CMV) and, HazMat Specialist (see CV section for further details).
"Scott: I just wanted to take a moment to memorialize how appreciative of you and your efforts I am. You have the requisite intellect and knowledge in your field. You also have an extraordinary work ethic. You are patient in teaching counsel your findings, as well. These traits operate in combination to make you one hell of an expert. Thank you".
In addition to Turner's 20 plus years experience responding to and/or investigating CMV wrecks, Turner spent several years behind the wheel as an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer driver. In this capacity he was a driver of low-boys (flat beds), dry-van trailers and tankers. During Turner's experience as a CMV operator, he became extensively experienced as to both driving, loading and off-loading of van trailers, low-boys (flat beds) and cargo tanks with an approximate mileage of plus 250,000.
During the nearly 25 years as detailed above, Turner was an instructor for 11 years for the New Jersey State Police. In this specific discipline Turner was a CMV wreck and incident specialist instructor for cargo-tank truck responses, and as a HazMat instructor with a focus on tractor-trailer crashes.
In the discipline as a Specialist Instructor with the New Jersey State Police, Turner trained organizations such as, but not limited to; New York City PD Emergency Services Unit, New York City Fire Department, New York/New Jersey Port of Authority, Philadelphia Fire Department and New Jersey State Police in addition to many others.
Turner's career of service includes response and/or investigation to well in-excess of 1,000 tractor trailer/CMV crashes, 200 cargo-tank truck crashes and/or incidents and a multitude of industrial setting incidents, railroad, maritime and airline disasters.
Turner's in-depth understanding of the FMCSA Regulations, industry standards of care, detailed and comprehensive report writing and equally powerful delivered testimony that has the ability to "teach" a jury can be a focal point of any civil or criminal litigation or arbitration, where CMV crashes and/or loading/offloading incidents, with or without hazardous material involvement and/or transit incidents are at issue.
The services of Turner are, but not limited to:
As a Level 1 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Truck and Motorcoach trained inspector and Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration-Hazardous Materials Regulations (PHMSA-HMR) trained inspector, Turner specializes in applicable federal regulations and industry standards of care within that of the trucking industry, motorcoach industry and furthermore, cross-over OSHA regulations.
Specifically, but not limited to, Turner applies many relevant standards to cases that he is engaged, often referred to as "standard setters":
All cases accepted into Turner's case load are not delegated or assigned to a junior type consultant. All work (less clerical) is directly handled by Scott L. Turner.