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“Do not forget”

Fred W. Graham, CSP

Legal Cases

Fred W. Graham is a highly respected expert witness within the insurance, safety and risk management community, nationwide. Legal cases that he has been involved with are listed below. 

Type Cases

     65    Construction Cases

   43    General Industry Cases

     3    Railroad Industry Cases

     1    Surface Mining Case

     1    Maritime

     1    DOE Plant Case

   114

 

 102  Opinions

 15    Affidavits

   38    Depositions

     6    Court Testimony

 

   94    Plaintiff cases

   20    Defendant cases

   114

 

 

Fatality Cases

Other Cases

1.    Waddle

Construction

Defendant

Opinions & Deposition

2.    Wilder/Harmon

General Industry

Plaintiff

Affidavit & Deposition

3.    Litkenhaus

Construction

Plaintiff

Affidavit & Deposition

4.    Bell

Construction

Plaintiff

Affidavit & Deposition & State Trial

5.    Thomas

Construction

Plaintiff

Affidavit

6.    Carlson

Construction

Defendant

Affidavit

7.    Hannah

General Ind.

Plaintiff

Affidavit & Deposition

8.    Vogt

Construction

Plaintiff

Affidavit

9.    Mounts

Railroad

Plaintiff

Affidavit

10.  Johnson

Railroad

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

11.  Richardson

Railroad

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

12.  Reed

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

13.  Damron

Construction

Plaintiff

Affidavit

14.  Aguero

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

15.  Pogue

Construction

Defendant

Affidavit & Deposition & Federal Trial

16.  Quintanilla

Construction

Defendant

Opinions

17.  Wagner

Construction

Defendant

Opinions

18.  Elliott

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

19.  Marks

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition & Federal Trial

20.  Baker

Construction

Defendant

Opinions

21.  Jackson

Construction

Plaintiff

Affidavit

22.  Maupin

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

23.  Rogers

Construction

Defendant

Opinions

24.  Correll

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

25.  Watts

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

26.  Jones

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

27.  Gilbert

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

28.  Cochran

General Industry

Defendant

Opinions & Deposition

29.  Morgan

Construction

Plaintiff

Affidavit & Deposition

30.  Geiger

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

31.  White

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

32.  Smith

Construction

Defendant

Opinions & Deposition & State Trial

33.  Gipson

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

34.  Tapp

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

35.  Winter

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

36.  Williams

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

37.  Watson

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

38.  McCoy

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

39.  Miller & Solomon

Construction

Defendant

Opinions, Deposition & Federal Trial

40.  Patterson

General Industry

Defendant

Opinions

41.  Wolfe

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

42.  Baitey

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

43.  Price

Construction

Defendant

Opinions

44.  McDaniel

Construction

Defendant

Opinions & Deposition

45.  Walker

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

46.  Smith

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

47.  Orth

Construction

Defendant

Opinions & Deposition

48.  Chitoff

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

49.  Davidson

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

50.  Peterson

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

51.  Grice

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

52.  Boyd

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

53.  Roell

General Industry

Plaintiff

Affidavit

54.  Jackson

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

55.  Ratliff

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

56.  Ferguson

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

57.  Anderson

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

58.  McCarty

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

59.  Platock

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

60.  Moore

General Industry

Defendant

Opinions

61.  Humphreys

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

62.  Denmon

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

63.  Davis

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

64.  Butler

General Industry

Defendant

Opinions

65.  Rice

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

66.  Delaine

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

67.  Ervine

General Industry

Defendant

Opinions

68.  Ware

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

69.  Clark

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

70.  Newton

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

71.  Perez

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

72.  Little

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

73.  Long

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

74.  Cooper

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

75.  Strickland

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

76.  Caudill

General Industry

Plaintiffs

Opinions & Deposition & State Trial

77.  Borowicz

General Industry

Defendant

Opinions & Deposition

78.  Neace

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

79.  Nieves-Perez

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions & Affidavit & Deposition

80.  Adams

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

81.  Stepp

DOE Plant

Plaintiffs

Opinions

82.  Quathemeyer

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

83.  Damrom

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

84.  Branson

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

85.  Garrett

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

86.  Casco

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

 87.   McKenney

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

88.  Murillo-Casco

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

89.  Bannigan

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

90.  Dick

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

91.  Bain

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

92.  Casco

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

 93.  McLinden

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

94.  Barr

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

95.  Powell

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

96.  Lyons

 Maritime

Plaintiff

Opinions & Affidavit & Deposition

97.   McCartney

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

98.  Dupree

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

99.  Jordan

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

100. Mandoza

 

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions & Deposition

101.  Pittman

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

 

102.  Shelton

General Industry

Defendant

Opinions

 

103.  Annelli

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

 

104.  Whitworth

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

 

105.  Garza

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

106.  Hill & Powell

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

107. Burton

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

108.  Arreaga

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

109.  Bernstein

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

110.  Bonner

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

111.  Gourdon

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

112.  Horne

General Industry

Plaintiff

Opinions

113.  Albright

Construction

Plaintiff

Opinions

114.  Penick

General Industry

Defendant

Opinions

· Carpenter fell into an unguarded opening

· Caught between two phase arms of electric arc furnace.

· Dump truck driver died when bulldozer operator pushed truck forward.

· Elevator installer fell from the third floor into elevator pit.

· Equipment operator covered under fly ash embankment.

· High rescue team member died during chimney stack rescue operation.

· Hit by motorist on interstate highway project.

· Ironworker was erecting steel beam to improperly braced steel column.

· Mexican laborer fell thought unprotected roof opening.

· Pinned by robot unit.

· Two Ironworkers fell 80 feet while install a roof panel.

· Scaffold collapsed.

· Truck driver fell off top of his trailer rig.

· Two construction workers moving scaffold with lift hit power line.

· Two wastewater employees in a confined space exposed to H2S gases.

· Boy drown on city park construction site.

· Moving a 42’ long pipe on a forklift that fell off and hit his head.

· Child (14 yrs old) laborer on construction roofing project fell through   skylight.

· Forklift operator backed into storage rack.

· Painter/Sandblaster fell 150 feet off of a water tower.

· Carpenter/Framer fell off a single pole scaffold.

· Laborer was electrocuted while trying to erect a flagpole.

· Painter/Sandblaster fell off a bridge scaffold.

 

 

 

· Caught by auger.

· Caught by drilling rig auger.

· Caught by winder machine.

· Caught by unguarded machine roller while trying to remove nonwoven material

· Caught by trim/sander machine.

· Contact with overhead power line.

· Contractor employee driving company truck hit motor vehicle.

· Contractor terminated by Owner for cause.

· Defective and improperly guarded compactor/roller vehicle.

· Dump truck driver on construction site injured when dump truck turned over.

· Electric shock to service company repairman

· Exposure to ammonium hydroxide fumes.

· Exposed to liquid chemical.

· Fall down staircase.

· Fall from barn roof.

· Fall from bridge steel girder.

· Fall from extension ladder.

· Fall from fiberglass extension ladder.

· Fall from fixed metal ladder on mobile railroad equipment.

· Fall from fixed metal ladder on outdoor work platform.

· Fall from improperly erected fixed metal ladder.

· Fall from improperly erected scaffold platform.

· Fall from JPG lift unit.

· Fall from metal storage units.

· Fall from scaffold.

· Fall from scaffolding inside heat recovery boiler.

· Fall from scaffolding.

· Fall from steel joist.

· Fall from step ladder.

· Fall from temporary stairs.

· Fall from tripping on a plastic floor cover for electrical cords.

· Fall from tripping on an electrical cord.

· Fall from tripping over concrete debris on sidewalk.

· Fall from unsecured floor mat

· Fall off a work platform.

· Fall in between two crossover walkway planks.

· Fall in parking lot.

· Fall in parking lot.

· Fall inside trailer.

· Fall into improperly covered floor opening.

· Fall into unguarded floor opening.

· Fall on concrete ramp.

· Fall on concrete sidewalk.

· Fall on concrete steps.

· Fall on wet floor.

· Fall through floor.

· Fall through roof.

· Fall on wet floor wax in retail store.

· Fall off roof.

· Fall off roof trusses.

· Fall into unguarded opening.

· Fall into pit.

· Fall from an unguarded platform.

· Fall into an unguarded opening.

· Fall into an unguarded opening.

· Fall over improperly maintained aisle guide rope.

· Fall off  of ship’s hull being built.

· Fall off a single pole scaffold.

· Fall off an unguarded mezzanine deck.

· Fall off of an unprotected floor opening on the second floor.

· Fall caused by unsecured floor mat.

· Fall off an improperly built cooling tower wooden staircase riser.

· Five cases for construction projects having Owner Controlled Insurance Programs.

· Hit by 48” directional boring pipe wrench.

· Hit by bundle of lumber being stacked.

· Hit by concrete truck chute.

· Hit by hoist steel beam.

· Hit by hotel automatic revolving door.

· Hit by plywood

· Hit by roofing materials.

· Hit by steel beam.

· Hit by steel beam.

· Hit by steel plates.

· Hit by steel beams being off-loaded on a truck.

· Hit by a mini-van.

· Hit by a paint roller wooden handle that fell off the top of a water tank.

· Hit by metal storage rack upright.

· Hit by a concrete pump truck boom.

· Improper material handling involving marbles slab pieces.

· Improper removal of heat exchanger end plate.

· PayLoader operated at excessive speed.

· Pedestrian hit by contractor’s pick-up truck.

· Stepped in a slightly depressed parking lot pavement area.

· Scaffold collapsed.

· Scissor lift unit tripped over.

· Tank car explosion.

· Truck driver moved trailer being unloaded by forklift driver.

· Fuming sulfuric acid airborne release.

· Radioactive and hazardous materials releases off-site.

· Portable grinder wheel exploded.