Transportation litigation often involves questions that cannot be answered by regulations, records, or accident data alone.

What should a reasonably managed fleet have done? Was the maintenance program appropriate? Were known equipment defects properly addressed? Were inspection and repair practices consistent with accepted fleet practices? Did management systems identify risks that should have been acted upon?

KME Services provides independent expert witness and litigation support services involving commercial trucking, fleet maintenance, equipment management, and transportation operations.

With more than 35 years of hands-on and executive experience in the trucking industry, KME brings an operator's perspective to matters involving fleet maintenance and management practices—from the shop floor to executive leadership.

Services may include matters involving:

• Commercial vehicle maintenance practices
• Preventive maintenance programs and compliance
• Vehicle inspection and repair procedures
• Maintenance records and documentation
• Out-of-service equipment and defect management
• Breakdown and road-service history
• Repeat repairs and repair quality
• Technician and maintenance-management practices
• Shop operations and maintenance controls
• Parts, tires, and component management
• Outside repair vendors and maintenance outsourcing
• Fleet maintenance policies and procedures
• Maintenance cost and performance data
• Equipment lifecycle and replacement practices
• Fleet technology and maintenance-management systems
• Commercial fleet operating practices
• Management oversight and operational controls

KME Services can assist attorneys, insurers, fleets, and other parties with:

• Case and document review
• Maintenance-record analysis
• Repair-history reconstruction
• Fleet policy and procedure review
• Identification of maintenance and operational issues
• Evaluation of industry practices
• Expert reports and opinions
• Deposition preparation and testimony
• Deposition and trial testimony
• Technical consultation with counsel

An effective transportation expert must understand not only what a maintenance record says, but what actually happens inside a commercial fleet.

KME's experience spans technician-level maintenance, fleet maintenance leadership, procurement, operations, executive management, and responsibility for large-scale transportation operations.

That experience provides the ability to evaluate a matter in its full operational context and explain complicated fleet and maintenance issues in clear, practical terms.

KME Services approaches each engagement independently. Opinions are based on the available evidence, applicable standards and regulations, accepted industry practices, and decades of real-world commercial fleet experience.

For expert witness availability, case review, or litigation support inquiries, contact KME Services.