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Expert Reports and Forensics

Assessing the information at hand and communicating technical issues in a clear, logical form are keys to successful expert reports. Examples of Mr. Robinson's geologic, geomorphologic and hydrologic work in support of litigation include those projects listed below.

• Expert Report/Deposition – Flood Insurance Claim Case, Private Property Owner, Catskill, NY
  Evaluated relationship between recent flooding, flood-related erosion, bank retreat and bank failure resulting in the structural failure and condemnation of a residential dwelling. Flood Insurance policyholder's insurer had denied claim, saying that the loss was due to gradual erosion, not flooding. Expert report concluded, based on field observations and review of historical aerial photographs, pre- and post-flood photographs, geotechnical engineer's report and other documents, that the flood's removal of the floodplain below the escarpment on which the home was founded, eliminated the lateral support for the escarpment, resulting in a tension cracks and rotational failure of the escarpment.
• Expert Testimony – Cause of Railroad Right-of-Way Flooding, Private Property Owner, Conshohocken, PA
  Performed field evaluation and hydraulic analysis of a railroad culvert and a 300-foot culvert beneath private property to establish the structures' independent and joint impact to the flooding of a commuter rail right-of-way during major storm events. Also evaluated the impact of backwater from the Schuylkill River on the two structures and right-of-way flooding. Provided expert testimony in support of the private landowner's defense.
• Expert Testimony – Source of Sediment on Roadway, Plaintiff, Bucks County, PA
  Evaluated field conditions, developed conclusions and provided testimony as to the source of sediment on a roadway that was the site of a one-vehicle accident.
• Expert Testimony – Source of Contaminated Soil, Chemical Manufacturer, NJ
  Developed and provided testimony on several issues related to the source of PCBs in soil on an undeveloped property owned by Chemical company, situated adjacent to a scrap metal/waste material handling facility. Through analysis, demonstrated that stormwater runoff from an upstream manufacturing operation could not have been the source for the PCBs.