EXPERT WITNESS CONSULTING AND TESTIMONY


Transportation Alternatives is a nationally-recognized expert in lawsuits involving the complete spectrum of public transportation services, and has served as a consultant and expert witness to attorneys for both plaintiffs and defendants in more than 35 states. Reflecting the firm's background, these cases have involved a range of vehicle and service types, including:

Mirroring this range of vehicles, TA President Ned Einstein's services as an expert witness in more than 400 personal injury, wrongful death, class action and labor-relations lawsuits have included the entire spectrum of non-rail ground transportation services, including:

And while Mr. Einstein is not an expert in air or rail services, he has served as an expert witness in a number of airline and passenger rail cases, in subareas of his particular expertise (e.g., ADA compliance, motorman or pilot fatigue, boarding and alighting, connecting and feeder services).

While TA provides professional assistance in a broad range of vehicle-pedestrian accidents, we specialize in accidents involving passengers with special needs, including:

TA also specializes in cases involving large transit authorities and multinational corporations and operating agencies. While TA has defended both public agencies and private companies, it has helped plaintiffs seek damage awards against hundreds of small, medium, large and multinational agencies and companies. Among some of the most noteworthy, TA served as the technical consultant to the ACLU in its Class Action suit (Beauchamp v. LACMTA) against the City of Los Angeles' transit agency for non-compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and assisted the Amalgamated Transit Union in eight lawsuits to recover the value of nearly a decade of un-provided meal and rest breaks to the fixed route transit drivers of major contractors in the State of California. Mr. Einstein also worked among a team of experts on a number of lawsuits – for both plaintiffs and defendants – on a number of major, catastrophic bus and motorcoach accident cases, including assisting one co-defendant in a case involving the deaths of 23 elderly passengers on a bus evacuating nursing home victims of Hurricane Rita.

TA does not accept all cases, will not help an attorney pursue a "frivolous" action, and will not misrepresent any facts or opinions. However, TA will assist any reasonable defendant -- if only to help it characterize and quantify the degree of exposure and develop a defense/settlement strategy in accordance with the facts, dynamics, legal and venue constraints and other technical and legal considerations. In all cases, TA operates according to a strict set of principles, with clear objectives for each type of client (see Mission Statement).

For summaries of cases on which TA President Ned Einstein has been involved as an expert witness, see:

See also:

Mission Statement