Rollin Dix, Ph.D.

EXPERT WITNESS EXPERIENCE (Mechanical Design, p=plaintiff, d= defendant)

Several 2014-2016 cases still pending

Jesus Martin vs Briggs & Stratton, Circuit Court of Cook County No. 2010 L 006338 – personal injury claimed due to defective product – (case dismissed in June 2015) – Pyes & Cherin, Chicago (d)

Rehco, LLC v Spin Master, Ltd – US District Court for Illinois, Northern District, Case 13-CV-02245 – patent infringement – InnovaLaw, Chicago (p),

Zurich American Insurance v Ray Sagan and Sons – State of Illinois, County of Cook, 12 L 12680 – equipment mishandling – (case settled in 2013), Christopher Kendall and Associates, Chicago (d)

TC Development and Design, Inc. v Discount Ramps, et al – US District Court, Eastern Division of Wisconsin Case No. 07-C-0861 – patent infringement study with deposition, (case settled in 2012) – Husch Blackwell, Chicago (p)

Kamen v City of Chicago (settled, March 2010) – Circuit Court of Cook County No. 06-L-4179 – Kamen sues Chicago for causing injury through defective maintenance of Madison Avenue bridge – deposition scheduled – SJ Levy – SJ Levy and Associates (p)

SRAM v Formula (settled, March 2010) – Northern District of Illinois No. 07-CV-1565 and 06-CV-1025 – SRAM alleges patent infringement in hydraulic bicycle hand brake design – John Ruskusky – Ungaretti & Harris (d)

GSI v Tyco Electronics (settled March 2010) – Northern District of Illinois No. 08-CV-901 – GSI accuses Tyco of supplying defective RFID chip assembly line – report, deposition – Ken Goodsmith – Goodsmith, Gregg & Unruh (p)

Automotive Technologies, Inc. v BMW et al – ATI alleged patent infringement by BMW et al – report and deposition – Jeff Pine, Baniak & Pine (p)

Lancaster v Chattanooga Group et al – Champaign County No. 20-L-205 – Lancaster accuses Chattanooga of causing injury through defective equipment – David Mueller – Cassidy & Mueller, Peoria, IL (d)

Clipco, LTD v Ignite Design, LLC – patent infringement analysis – Keith Rockey, Wallenstein, Wagner & Rockey

Seath v Bromenn Healthcare et al – Eleventh Illinois Judicial Circuit No. 03-L-194 – Seath accuses Bromenn of supplying defective equipment – experiment, report – David Mueller, Cassidy & Mueller – Peoria, IL (d)

Armament Systems and Procedures v IQ Hong Kong et al – Eastern District of Wisconsin NO. 00-C-1257 – ASP accuses IQ et al of patent infringement – report and deposition – Steve Feldman – Welsh & Katz (p)

Lifetime Products, Inc. v GSC Technologies, Inc. – Puerto Rico District Court No. 3:2004cv01080 – report and deposition rebutting plaintiff’s claim of patent infringement – Edward Manzo, Cook Alex, Ltd. (d)

Black & Decker v Coleman – Eastern District of Virginia No. 96-216-A and 96-656-A, 1996 report and deposition supporting Black & Decker’s claim of infringement of multiple patents by Coleman, jury awarded B&D $3.7M – John Jenka – Niro & Scavone. (p)

Stoller v Ford et al, US Patent No. 3,507, 538 – affidavit in support of motion for summary judgment concerning adjustable automobile headrests – John Crossan – Brinks, Hofer et al (d)

Marley v FE Petro – Southern District of Iowa 3-97-CV-70025 – design of gasoline station pump system – case settled by merger of the litigants before depositions – Eric Cohen & Marty LeFevour (p)

Dreisilker Electric Motors v Multifilm Packaging, DuPage County AR 00600 – Defendant did not pay for equipment, report and appearance before arbitration panel, case decided against Multifilm – Donna J. Cunningham (d)

Nagle Industries v Ford Motor Company, Michigan Civil Action No. 95-75840 – Nagle alleged infringement of US Patent 4,406,186 – report – Mike Dinnin – Dinnin & Dunn, Detroit (p)

Rockwell v DEV, 1992 report, deposition and court testimony regarding theft of trade secrets by DEV, DEV found guilty and fined $3.2M – Steven Carponelli – Carponelli & Krug (d)

Walter Solomon v Overtons, Inc and Cabela – Eastern District of Texas Civil Action No. 2:02-CV-60-TJW – 2003 report rebutting Solomon’s claim of infringement of US Patent No. 6,339,894, Thomas Ross – Marshall, Gerstein & Borun (d)

Scharama v. Robenbostel, 1987 report rebutting plaintiff’s claim that neck injury was caused by design of swimming pool – James Nolan, Clausen Miller et al (d)

Republic Industries v Schlage Lock Company – 1979 report and court testimony rebutting Republic’s claim of infringement of US Patent No. 3,852,845, defendant prevailed – Henry Brinks, Brinks Hofer et al (d)

Affiliated Hospital Supply v Brian Baldwin – US District Court for Northern Illinois – report, deposition and court testimony for AHS on alleged theft of trade secrets by Baldwin, AFS won injunction and prevented shipment of equipment based on the trade secrets to Mexico – Ron Wilder, Hardin, Schiff & Waite (p)

Clamp Manufacturing v ENCO Manufacturing US District Court, Central District of California Case No. 82-4352-CBM – analysis of appearance of a clamp – Kirkland & Ellis (d)

Popeil v Sunbeam, 1967 – Popeil accuses Sunbeam of infringing patent on steam hair curler – report, deposition and court testimony – Dugald MacDougal (p)

Numerous reports evaluating education and/or experience of immigration candidates for Fragomen, Del Rey and Bernsen and Kempster and Lenz-Calvo

Numerous studies of Jeep rollover dynamics with reports and depositions for accident victims – cases settled – SJ Levy in Chicago, Michael Connelly in Detroit (p)

Numerous studies, reports, depositions and some trial testimony relating to varied accident cases with David Mueller, Cassidy & Mueller, Peoria, IL (d)