Scott L. Turner and his team of highly specialized colleagues are experienced in preparing well-written reports for trucking related matters in litigation and resulting expert opinions and qualifications being successfully qualified in state/county and federal courts throughout the Continental United States, Hawaii and Canada (Provinces).

As a testament to TAIE’s work, approximately 65% to 70% (year-over-year) of Truck Accident & Incident Experts, LLC work volume derives from repeat and/or referral from existing client base. Hereunder are several testimonials of clients of Truck Accident & Incident Experts. In addition, both Plaintiff and Defense cases once called into our practice, an approximate of 95% of all cases are agreed as to retention in terms of cases that we agree to take on.

In addition to Turner’s nearly 40 years of experience in and around the trucking industry, responding to and/or investigating CMV crashes, Turner spent several years behind the wheel as an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer driver. As a result of that experience and extensive training, he has become a trucking expert witness and authority on investigating accident contributing factors and aftermath. In this capacity, he operated low-boys (flat beds), dry-van trailers and tankers. During Turner’s experience as a CMV operator, he became extensively experienced with both driving and loading as well as off-loading van trailers, flatbed load securement, low-boys and cargo tanks with an approximate mileage of plus 250,000.

In addition to professional experience as a trucking expert, Turner was an instructor for 11 years for the New Jersey State Police. In this specific discipline, Turner was a CMV crash 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, CRHMRO (California) and New Jersey State Police in addition to many others.

Turner’s career as a trucking expert witness includes response and/or investigation to well over 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; however, his passion and focus was always on trucking related accident and incidents. When Turner was interviewing his colleagues over the years, he had to be assured they shared the same passion for the CMV universe. TAIE Senior Consultants are notably FMCSA-MCSAP Level 1 training in CMV enforcement inspectors and/or are former Motor Carriage operators. To the current date, employed beyond 3-months at TAIE, each and every one of Turner’s colleagues that were on-boarded to Truck Accident & Incident Experts over the years remain at Turner’s side.

Turner and his team’s in-depth understanding of the FMCSA regulations, industry standards of care, detailed and comprehensive report-writing and equally powerfully-delivered testimony has the ability to “teach” a jury. This 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.

Truck Accident & Incident Experts, LLC, expert witness services are, but not limited to:

• Plaintiff/Defense Retention
• Litigation support
• Trial preparation consulting
• Deposition and courtroom testimony
• Pre-deposition support
• CMV crash investigation, analysis and re-creation
• CMV post-crash FMCSA truck and motorcoach inspections
• Cargo-tank truck crashes, spills and explosions
• Cargo-tank loading/offloading incidents (Loading Rack)
• Driver hours-of-service; fatigue driving
• Distracted driving
• Driver qualification files
• Professional CMV Driver Fitness
• Driver, negligent hire and/or negligent retention, if applicable
• Highway construction zone crashes
• CMV loading and off-loading investigation
• Industrial trucks/lift trucks
• FMCSA/PHMSA Driver and Management Training
• Motor Carrier Fitness

Turner was trained side-by-side with the New Jersey State Police roadside inspectors as a Level 1 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA MCSAP) Truck and Motorcoach trained expert, and Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration-Hazardous Materials Regulations (PHMSA-HMR) trained expert. He specializes in applicable federal regulations and industry standards of care within that of the trucking industry, motorcoach industry and furthermore, cross-over OSHA regulations when and where applicable. Additionally, TAIE has on staff, Turner’s colleagues that are likewise trained in the FMCSA as former MCSAP Roadside Enforcement Inspectors in their respective states of domicile.

Turner and his team apply many relevant standards to cases they are engaged in, often referred to as “standard setters.” In addition to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR), the Standard Setters can include, but not limited to:

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
• Academy of Sciences; Transportation Research Board (NAS;TRB)
• American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)
• Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)
• National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC)
• ATA; Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC)
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
• North American Transportation Management Institute (NATMI)
• University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
• Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI)
• National Safety Council (NSC)
• Compressed Gas Association (CGA)
• Institute of Police Technology and Management (IPTM)
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Smith-System Driver Improvement Institute
• JJ Keller

Turner has served on multiple Boards regarding trucking transportation related matters for National Academy of Sciences; Transportation Research Board (Washington, DC) as well as his trusted long-term colleagues have served in various capacities within enforcement and industry.

When Turner, on behalf of Truck Accident & Incident Experts, LLC, interviews an attorney for a potential retention on a truck related crash and/or incident, he provides clarity to the attorney as to the case viability irrespective of the matter being a Plaintiff or Defense matter. At the end of this free consultation (ranging 15-45 minutes), the attorney typically heeds Turner suggestion as to either moving forward with retention, or simply abandoning or settling the matter due to non-viability.