Michael S. Morse,
Ph.D.
(619) 847-3336
Office
(619) 374-1947
Fax
(Updated: September 2022)
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Electrical injury
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Electrical safety
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Effects of electricity on the human
body
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Electrical accident reconstruction based on burn pattern
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Human factors as associated with human interaction with electrical systems
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Failure at the human/machine interface
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Design of Electrical Systems
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Designing for Electrical Safety (Design Triad)
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Biomedical device failure
(electro-mechanical)
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Symptomatology of Disproportionate and Remote Response
to Electric Shock (Diffuse
Electrical Injury)
EXPERIENCE
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Consultation in 500+
electrical contact/injury, electric
shock, electrocution, and electrical
safety cases.
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Consultation regarding design and manufacturing defects of electrical products.
COURTROOM TESTIMONY (See RULE 26 filing for specific details of each case in the
last 4 years)
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U.S. District Court (Mobile, AL): Qualified as both a Biomedical and Electrical Engineering Expert. Permitted to testify
as to the effects (physiology and pain) of electricity on the human body. (D)
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U.S. District
Court (Orlando, FL): Qualified as a Biomedical Engineer and as an expert
in "Electrical Technology." Permitted
to testify to the effects of electricity on the human body. (D)
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U.S. District
Court (New Orleans,
LA): Qualified and permitted to testify to the effects
of electricity on the human body. (D)
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U.S. District Court (Portland, OR): Testified regarding
electrical product failure and
resultant injury from an electrical
connector. (P)
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California Superior
Court: Testified regarding
electrical injury incurred while installing traffic lights. (P)
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U.S. District Court - (Los Angeles, CA): Testified regarding injury from an electric arc.
(D)
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Florida State Court - (Jacksonville, Florida):
Testified to the effects of electricity on the human body
with particular emphasis
on pain and suffering. (4/97 and 7/97) (D)
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California Superior Court - (Riverside CA) Testified regarding
failure of a "man-lift" with emphasis on design, human factors, and electrical circuitry. (6/97) (P)
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California Superior Court (Alhambra, CA) Testified regarding
contact with a high voltage
power line. (8/97) (P)
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New Jersey State
Court (New Brunswick, NJ): Testified regarding diffuse injury
distal to presumed current pathway resulting
from a 110/220v contact.
(7/99) (P)
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California Superior
Court (Stockton, CA): Testified regarding an alleged
electrical injury at a wall switch controlling a compressor in a dentist’s office (12/99)
(D)
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California Superior
Court (San Diego, CA): Testified regarding
design and accuracy
of Red Light Camera System.
Qualified as an expert in Electrical Engineering and computer design.
(8/2000) (D)
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Georgia State Court (Forsyth, GA): Testified regarding effects of electricity on the human
body with emphasis on pain and suffering. (3/01) D
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Georgia State Court (Elbert,
GA): Testified regarding effects of electricity on the human
body with emphasis on pain and suffering. (4/01) D
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U.S. District
Court – (Chicago, IL): Testified regarding fibrillation death in swimming pool from electrical
accident involving submersible sump pump. (1/02)
P
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Canadian Court,
British Columbia: Testified regarding 7200V power line contact during
line clearing. (2/02) P.
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California Superior
Court (Los Angeles): Reconstruction of high voltage
power line contact
by child climbing a tree based on burn pattern analysis.
(4/02) P
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California Superior
Court (Santa Ana): Diffuse injury from high voltage
contact between jack hammer and submerged
power line. (7/02)
P
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California Superior
Court(Santa Ana): Electrical Injury
in bathroom following
water leakage – Low voltage Diffuse Electrical Injury (10/03) P
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Illinois State Court:
Death from contact between
ladder and power
line while preparing a building to be painted – Pain/suffering and human factors
(01/04) P
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California Superior
Court (Vista): Electrical Injury
from contact with mis-wired electrical pedestal. (8/05) P
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U.S. District
Court (Los Angeles): Testified regarding
electrical effects and current distribution during E.C.T. (10/05)
P
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U.S. District
Court (Los Angeles):
Stun Gun Case (11/2006)
(p)
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Florida State Court (Daytona): Electric shock contact with power line via tree 11/2007 (p)
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New York State Court (Brooklyn): Power line contact
in train substation 12/2007 (p)
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California Superior
Court (Vista): Contact with Power Line while installing greenhouse roof (p) 03/2008
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New York State Court (Brooklyn):
Power line contact in train substation 11/2008 (p)
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Missouri State Court: (Independence): Power line contact with roof of house 6/2010
(p)
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California Superior
Court (Lancaster): Injury
from novelty shock pen 10/2010(p)
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New York State Court (Buffalo): Injury from stray current 4/2012 (p)
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California Superior
Court (San Diego):
Window Washer contact
with power line 05/2012(p)
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New York State Court (Brooklyn): Contact
with 24-volt door circuit (05/2013)
(d)
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Maryland State
Court (Baltimore): Crane Power Line Contact pain and suffering and accident reconstruction (07/2013) (p)
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California Superior
Court (San Bernardino) 74-volt DC contact
in a locomotive (07/2014) (p)
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U.S. District
Court (Seattle): Electric
shock on a freighter (12/2014) (p)
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California Superior
Court (San Bernardino): 74-volt DC contact
in a locomotive (07/2014) (p)
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US District
Court – (Seattle) Injury from miswired light on a vessel (12/2014)
(p)
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California Superior
Court (San Bernardino) Retrial in 74-volt DC
contact in a locomotive (03/2015) (p)
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Ohio Court
(Meigs County) Death from power line contact while installing gutters
(08/2015) (p)
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NY Supreme
Court (Manhattan) Shock claimed from standing on an
extension cord (10/2017) (d)
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Texas State Court (Dallas) Testified regarding burn pattern from an electrical injury
(06/2019) (p)
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California
Superior Court (Chatsworth) Alleged
electrical injury in swimming pool (02/2020) (d)
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Indiana
State Court (Marion, County) Arc
blast and electric shock while jackhammering concrete (10/2020) (p)
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Colorado
State Court (Denver) Low voltage injury from mobile home
pedestal. (10/2021) (p)
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Arkansas
State Court (Harrison) Burn pattern
reconstruction after power line contact (07/2022) (p)
DEPOSITIONS
(See RULE 26 filing
for specific details of each case in the last 4 years)
Medical Device
Failure (electropapillotome) (p)
Electric Shock
Injury from an improperly wired
vacuum pump (p)
Accuracy of an IVAC infusion
pump (p)
Operation and design of infant apnea
monitors (p)
Failure of a Cincinatti Sub-Zero
heating/cooling blanket. (p)
Failure of membrane switches
on a Hill Rom hospital
bed. (p)
Failure of an alarm on a respirator (d)
Electrocution on a scissor
lift. (p)
Electric shock
injury while using
a household pump (p)
Electric shock injury in an industrial environment
Electric shock injury from an outlet
near a swimming pool (p)
Electric shock injury -- mis-wired 220v outlet (p)
Electric shock injury -- industrial (construction site)
Electric shock injury -- static discharge from treadmill (p). (1996)
Electric shock injury -- contact with overhead power line (p) (1996 and 1997)
Failure of a man-lift
hoist for the handicapped. (p) (1997)
Electric shock injury -- child contact
with a transformer (p) (12/97)
Electric shock
injury -- contact
between a loader
and a submerged power
line (p) (7/98)
Electric shock
injury -- sump pump (p) (6/99)
Electric shock
injury -- carousel
ride (p) (6/99)
Electric shock injury -- feed to a buffet table(d)
(9/99)
Electric shock injury -- dental office compressor switch(d) (10/99)
Electric shock
injury -- contact
with downed power
line (2/2000)
Electric shock injury -- 110V contact
with frayed power cord in hotel (p) (3/2000)
Electric shock
injury -- injury
at power supply
pedestal at a mobile home (p) (1/2001)
Electric shock
injury -- 110V contact
with frayed cord. For adm. Miss. Court (p)
(10/2001)
Electric shock
injury -- power line contact
by child in tree(p) (1/2002)
Electric shock
injury -- burn and compressive wave injury from arc (p) (3/2002)
Electric shock
injury -- Diffuse injury
following jack hammer
- power line contact (p) (6/02).
Electric shock injury -- Pain and suffering
following v-fib after power line fell on a combine.
(p) (8/02)
Electric shock injury -- Symtomatology following 110-volt electrical injury in a bathroom. (p) (2/03)
Electric shock injury -- Symptomatology following
electrical injury caused
by gas cooktop (p). (2/03) Electric shock injury – Electrical injury in mobile
home park from underground wiring (p) (4/03)
Electric shock
injury -- Pain and suffering: v-fib from induced
current in a 345KV
transmission line (p)(8/03)
Electric shock injury -- Contact with power line while picking avocados using an aluminum po