Consultant Profile
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Transportation Alternatives
Consultant ID:
113749
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Contact Information 
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Ned |
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Last Name
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Einstein |
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112 Fulton Street, Suite 202 |
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New York |
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NY |
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United States |
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Postal Code
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10038 |
| Telephone
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212-766-1121 |
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| Email
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info@transalt.com |
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Transportation Alternatives |
| Company's Web Site Address
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http://www.transalt.com/ |
Company
Description
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Transportation Alternatives provides a range of assistance to attorneys and their clients, including review of documents and depositions, preparation of examination questions, discovery requests and interrogatories, preparation of technical reports, review of accident scenes, and expert testimony. TA President Ned Einstein has assisted attorneys representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a range of transportation-related vehicle, passenger and pedestrian accidents. TA has particular expertise in accidents involving special user groups such as children and schoolchildren, elderly individuals, and physically- and developmentally-challenged persons, and vehicle design and equipment issues, including wheelchairs, prosthetic devices and seatbelts.
Transportation Alternatives firmly believes that:
Every client with a legitimate complaint or defense deserves his or her day in court.
For Plaintiffs, Transportation Alternatives strives to explore the depth and range of negligent errors and/or omissions directly related to, and within the environment of, the incident or accident, and place the blame for them as high within the policy-making, management and supervisorial hierarchy as is appropriate and possible.
For Defendants, Transportation Alternatives specializes in identifying factors which characterize claims as frivolous, integrating implications of case law precedents into favorable facts, providing grounds for dismissal, clarifying (and articulating in simple terms) issues of proximate cause, and explaining events and their consequences within the context of reasonable and common industry standards, practices and regulations.
While Transportation Alternatives will never lie or exaggerate in our interpretations, or misrepresent the facts, we will extract the maximum precedent value from every set of facts and circumstances. |
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Transportation Alternatives is a nationally-recognized expert in accident cases involving public transportation services, and has served as a consultant and expert witness to attorneys for both plaintiffs and defendants in seven states. Reflecting the firm's background, these cases have involved a range of vehicle types, including:
transit buses
standard paratransit vans
vans and minibus "conversions"
schoolbuses
motorcoaches
taxis
special education vehicles
personalized van "conversions"
And while TA provides professional assistance in a broad range of vehicle-pedestrian accidents, we specialize in accidents involving special users, including:
elderly individuals
physically challenged persons
developmentally challenged persons
children
infants
schoolchildren
TA also specializes in cases involving large transit authorities and multinational corporations and operating agencies. While TA has defended both public agencies (Fresno Are |
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Not Specified |
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Any |
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Professional Experience
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Project 1
Scanlon v. Advanced Mobility Systems (1989, CA —- for plaintiff): Latent design defects of van conversion. Decedent’s customized van and rear-positioned wheelchair lift platform contained 10 serious design defects such that he could not know the lift’s position (up or down) without backing his wheelchair to the precipice at the rear of the van’s floor. When doing so after a friend left the lift in its "down" position, decedent backed his electric wheelchair off the edge of the lift platform, fell off the edge, and broke his neck. Disposition: Settled against vehicle manufacturer and lift manufacturer. |
Project 2
Soto v. Mark IV (1991, CA -- for plaintiff): Survival Action for gross negligence in training and driver conduct. Developmentally disabled four-year-old decedent took defendant’s "special education" bus to school and experienced a routine petit mal seizure which the driver failed to notice nor address. Decedent was dead on arrival to school. Disposition: Jury awarded $1.6 million to plaintiffs. |
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Albarez v. Utah Transit Authority (1995, UT -- for defendant): Negligent bus stop placement. While walking to school, plaintiff chose to cross an intersection in front of an unloading transit bus. She was struck by an automobile speeding through the crosswalk, and paralyzed. Disposition: Dismissed. |
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