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an expert Witness BY JAMES E. LEWIS ///

How to deal with an

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medium and heavy-duty trucks (gasoline, diesel, hybrid, electric, compressed natural gas (CNG)) motorcycles and watercraft. I then branched out, using my experience in the towing and trucking industries, and was allowed to give written opinions and testify in court concerning towing and recovery operations and policies, DOT/FMCSAgoverned trucking/transportation,

his year marks my 20th year as an expert witness. In 2001, I started working directly for a law firm near Philadelphia as an expert witness in the fields of dealership fraud, lemon law, breach of warranty, diminution in vehicle value, automotive repair and maintenance, dealership service, and sales policy and the appraisal of automobiles, recreational vehicles, 16

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general transportation operations and safety policies and procedures. I didn’t write this to have you read my curriculum vitae. I’m saying that people who work around lawsuits involving the towing and trucking worlds have similar court certifications. In my last 20 years, I’ve been directly involved in 42 towing liability cases, 18 trucking liability cases, 22


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