Expert Witness
Curriculum Vitae |  |
J. GEORGE SOTTER, P.E., Ph.D.
Engineering Consultant and Expert Witness — Slip, Trip and Fall
SOTTER ENGINEERING CORPORATION
26705 Loma Verde, Mission Viejo, CA 92691-6055
Internet: sottergeo@aol.com
Skype videoconferencing: george.sotter
FaceTime (Apple) video conferencing: sottergeo@aol.com
TELEPHONE/FAX: 949-582-0889
Fax: 949-916-2193
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
Recent Experience: Consultant/expert witness in slip/trip and fall litigation at locations ranging from Guam experience to Bermuda. Project Manager and Principal Investigator of OSHA-driven one-man-year project to minimize slipping incidents on construction-site steel products. Laboratory and field testing of pedestrian surfaces for slip resistance. Consultant to Carnival Cruise Lines in slip reduction
Professional Affiliations: Member of eight national organizations, in two nations, relevant to slip resistance affiliations of pedestrian surfaces. Chairman, Ceramic Tile Institute of America’s Slip Resistance Committee
Member of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Publications: Book, STOP Slip and Fall Accidents! 203 pp., Sotter Engineering Corporation, 2000, www.amazon.com, ISBN 0-9676030-0-5
“How to Buy Flooring Having Sustainable Slip Resistance,” The National Hotel Motel
Engineer Association magazine, Winter 2011
“How to Buy Flooring Having Sustainable Slip Resistance,” U.S. Government’s Center
for Disease Control, NIOSH International Conference on Fall Prevention and Protection
2010 in Morgantown, WV on May19, 2010.
Registrations, Certifications: Licensed as a Professional Engineer (Chemical) by State of California Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (current, since 1971), and (on as-needed basis) five other states.
One of four United States slip and fall consultants recommended by A.M. Best in 2011 Best's Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys and Adjusters, Volume II, p.178.
Experience: More than 45 years in consulting and engineering. Slip-and-fall forensic consulting for both plaintiff and defense, in roughly equal proportions.
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