Packaging and cargo-securement failures are more complicated than they look. Establishing why a box crushed, why a pallet load collapsed, or why cargo came off a trailer usually requires forensic analysis, testing, and a working knowledge of industry standards, packaging design, and the real-world distribution environment. A qualified, independent expert can identify the actual cause — or the contributing causes — and explain it clearly to a judge and jury. Because the expert is unbiased, that testimony carries weight that an interested employee's testimony rarely can.

Many packaging experts studied the field. Randy ran it — more than 30 years from the plant floor to general manager, including running a corrugated testing lab, managing warehouses, and running his own fleet of trucks. An academic can describe the theory; the questions in these cases are usually about real-world application, and that is where hands-on operating experience matters.

An expert's qualifications and opinions must hold up under pressure. Opposing counsel will test the expert's report, deposition, and testimony, so the expert has to be genuinely elite in the field and offer only opinions the evidence will support. Randy takes only matters he is truly qualified for, gives opinions to a reasonable degree of professional certainty, and has never had an opinion limited, excluded, or disqualified.

Packaging failure (corrugated, folding cartons, crating, protective and consumer packaging), pallet and unit-load failures, warehouse racking and storage collapse, material handling (forklifts and pallet jacks), load securement and cargo shift, trailer loading and unloading injuries, freight and shipping damage, and packaging intellectual property. If your case involves packaging, warehousing, or shipping, call to see whether he is the right fit.