About Us.

A Sample of Our Past Professional Assignments.

    Tree Damage and Liability

· Lightning-damaged trees – Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan (1998-present).

· Tree and landscape damage from vehicles – Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan (1998-

present).

· Fire-injured trees and landscaping assets – Ohio (1998-present).

· Improper landscape installations – Indiana and Ohio (2000-present).

· Flood-injured trees – Ohio (2010).

· Tree damage from underground blasting – Ohio (2010).

· Tree damage from underground drilling – Ohio (2010).

· Lead injuries to plants and trees – Ohio (2012).

· Tree failure and personal injury – Ohio (2017).

· Tree loss due to root damage and valuation based upon canopy credits – New York (2018).

· Tree failure and two deaths – New Jersey (2017).

· Traffic control device covered by tree branches that results in a vehicle collision – Florida (2017).

· Tree failure and one death – Ohio (2017).

· Tree branch failure causing injuries – Illinois (2017).

· Tree damage caused by fence post-installation – Ohio (2017).

· Tree loss and root destruction due to stump grinding – Ohio (2017).

· Improper pruning damage to trees – New Jersey (2017).

· Tornado damages trees and landscaping – Ohio (2019).

· A man sustained injury that resulted in his death when he pulled on a partially cut tree branch

that fell on him – Florida (2018).

· Tropical tree and habitat losses – Florida (2020).

· Forest destruction – Ohio (1997).

· Vandalism to trees and plants – Ohio (2013).

· Man crushed to death by an uprooted tree that fell on him – New Jersey (2016).

· Fire-damaged trees and vegetation – Texas (2020).

· Fire-damaged trees and vegetation – New Mexico (2020).

· Flower seed viability – Tanzania (2020).

· Tree damaged from pipeline vegetation management – Ohio (2020).

· Tree root encroachment into the underground gas pipeline – Ohio (2020).

· Running bamboo and underground pipe and hardscape damage – Virginia (2020).

· Tree root causing City sewer pipe blockage – Ohio (2020).

· Fruit tree orchard damaged by pressurized coal mine water – Illinois (2021).

· Tree loss of 250-year-old Oak trees – Ohio (2021).

· Tree damage by a fence contractor—Texas (2021).

· Potato crop damage as a result of seed potato exposed to higher-than-normal storage temperature – California (2021).

· Tree fails and disrupts electrical services that results in a traffic fatality – Indiana (2021).

· Verification of tree inspection data of an alleged Asian Longhorn Beetle-infested trees - Ohio

(2021).

· Tree’s critical root plate failure due to construction excavation - Ohio (2021).

· Tree valuation as a result of vegetation clearance for an underground pipeline – Ohio (2021).

· Redwood tree valuation – California (2021).

· Tree risk assessment of an elementary school playground - Ohio (2021).

· Tobacco leaf wrapper species analysis - Honduras (2021).

· Pea/forage crop casualty claim as a result of cattle grazing - Montana (2021).

· Zoning dispute with a horticultural operation - Ohio (2021).

· 600-year-old Oak tree risk assessment - Ohio (2021).

· Oak tree loss claim - Texas (2021).

· Tree root intrusion and value claim regarding pipeline right of way - Ohio (2021).

· Ash tree assessment for a municipality in Ohio (2021).

· Silver Maple tree risk assessment - Ohio (2021).

· Tree preservation plan for a large land development project - Ohio (2021).

· Tree preservation management for the National Park Service as part of a property renovation

project - Ohio (2021).

· Underground pipeline tree inspection and appraisal - Ohio (2021).

· Pipeline installation company damages structural root plate of an Elm tree - Ohio (2021).

· Tree Appraisal of a damaged property as the result of a housing developement - Washington

State (2021).

· Wildlife management contractor damages another property owners’ tree - Ohio (2021).

· Bermuda grass at a golf course allegedly loss due to ice formation crushing the plants - Texas

(2021).

· Redwood Tree valuation after fire event - California (2021).

· Agricultural field rendered allegedly unusable by a pallet storage - Ohio (2021).

· Alleged light exposure causes Cannabis crop to become hermaphroditic – Colorado (2021).

· Dendrochronology analysis of Cottonwood and Green Ash trees involving position of the

Yellowstone River in 1895 – North Dakota (2021).

· Tree removal contractor allegedly removes 1000+ trees and property owner makes the claim of

2-million-dollar claim in tree damages – Ohio (2021).

· Providing consultations to township regarding zoning violations involving trees and vegetation

alongside roadways - Ohio (2022).

· Powder Post Beetle Damage to Kitchen Cabinets - California (2022).

· Alleged tree root damage to porch foundation- South Carolina (2022).

· Appraisal of trees being taken by a municipality by eminent domain - Ohio (2022).

· Alleged Pecan tree irreversibly damaged and its appraisal - Texas (2022).

· Hackberry tree collapses and damages three dwelling and two personal injuries - Kentucky

(2022).

· Tree damage assessment and appraisal of 400+ Oak trees involving electrical transmission

system clearance-Texas (2022)

· Tree damage assessment of scrub Oaks by adjoining property owner - Utah (2022).

· Oak tree failure in a campground that causes a fatality - South Carolina (2022).

· Live Oak trees damaged when an underground utility line is installed - Texas (2022).

· Pine tree’s top fails and strikes a motorist - South Carolina (2022).

· Live Oak’s co-dominate limb fails and strikes a dwelling - Tennessee (2022).

· Powder post beetles damage kitchen cabinets - California (2022).

· Tree crew leaves a storm-stricken tree in a roadway that causes a vehicular fatality - Indiana

(2022).

· $2-million damage claim involving the accidental removal of a Post Oak - Texas (2022).

• Workplace Accidents and Standard of Care

· Tree worker selection and use of equipment caused his injuries – South Carolina (2014).

· Tree failed and injured landscape worker – Wisconsin (2015).

· Arboricultural worker electrocution – Florida (2015).

· Landscape worker electrocution – Mississippi (2016).

· Worker electrocuted when working in a tree – Georgia (2018).

· Landscape contractors improper tree planting – Ohio (2014).

· Power company goes off the right-of-way and removes trees – Ohio (2012).

· Tree branch falls that causes man to be electrocuted – Virginia (2018).

· Tree worker injuries: evaluation of training and equipment – Pennsylvania (2019).

· A sinkhole caused by improper grading – Pennsylvania (2014).

· City cuts and drops a tree on motorists – Illinois (2018).

· Tree failures caused by trenching too close to the incident tree – New Jersey (2018).

· Grocery store employee seriously injured removing a tree limb – Texas (2020).

· Tree worker fatally injured as the result of the use of an excavator to remove a tree – West

Virginia (2020).

· Tree worker fatally injured as the result of another worker felling a tree on top of the first worker

– West Virginia (2021).

· Tree worker seriously injured when felling a tornado-damaged tree – Indiana (2021).

· Arborist injured by electrocution when attempting to remove a tree – Florida (2021).

· Tree worker fatally injured during a limb/tree removal operation—North Carolina (2021).

· A do-it-yourself tree removal project caused a personal injury - Kentucky (2021).

· Landscape worker fatally injured as a result of pruning a alm frond - Florida (2021).

· Neighbor is injured assisting a property owner in the removal of a storm-damaged tree -

Kentucky (2021).

· Tree work injured when attempting to rigg and remove a 500lb tree limb – Florida (2022).

· Tree worker fatally injured when conducting vegetation management in a distribution circuit –

Delaware (2022).

· Worker electrocuted when installing fiber optic cable near a White Pine tree - Ohio (2021).

· Tree fails and causes injuries to campers - Ohio (2021).

Herbicide, Pesticide, and Crop Losses

· Class Action Lawsuit herbicide-injured plants – Nationwide (2010–2014).

· Tordon herbicide applied to adjoin person trees – Ohio (2000).

· Stone Fruit and Blueberry crop loss – California (2014).

· Tree and plant loss due to herbicide physical spray-particle drift, vapor drift, and herbicide-

contaminated soil – Ohio (1997–present).

· Antifreeze toxicity damage to landscape plantings – Ohio (2012).

· Mahogany tree investment loss – Philippines (2015).

· Vegetable farm crop loss due to herbicide exposure and poor farming practices – Indiana (2018).

· Amortization of tree and plant investments – Michigan (2017).

· Agricultural Cooperative sells the wrong product to a grower that results in crop loss – Iowa

(2018).

· Blue Eucalyptus tree poisoned – California (2016).

· Bermudagrass Sod Farm damage from the application of Atrazine and Poast Herbicide –

Louisiana (2020).

· Landscape Damage by the use of Bleach – Tennessee (2020).

· 15,000 trees damaged by the use of Imazapyr herbicide – Virginia (2021).

· Fruit tree orchard damaged by pressurized coal mine water – Illinois (2021).

· Organic vegetable crops and tree damage as the result of Dicamba herbicide spray drift (2021).

· Inspection of an alleged forage crop production field to determine plant species were indeed

for the use of hay production - Ohio (2021).

· Inspection and crop loss calculations of Sorghum – Texas (2021).

· Organic vegetable crops and tree damage in Ohio due to glyphosate and dicamba drift - Ohio

(2021).

· Soybean Crop loss potential due to herbicides Dicamba and Mesotrione improperly applied -

Missouri (2021).

· Berry Farm affected by a commercial applicator’s application of glyphosate and synthetic auxin

herbicide application—Wisconsin (2021).

· Pea crop allegedly damage from a herd of cattle—Montana (2021).

· Alleged Cotton crop damage from Glyphosate and 2.4-D herbicide drift – Arizona (2021).

· Over fertilization of a Cotton Crop - Mississippi (2022).

· Alleged Cannabis crop failure due to a growing range door left open - Colorado (2022).

· Cotton crops sustain injuries due to Dicamba drift - Texas (2022).

· Blueberry and Blackberry farm crops damaged by Dicamba herbicide - Kentucky (2022).

· Cotton and corn crops affected by under fertilization - Tennessee (2022).

 Premises Liability

· Pedestrian trips over a sidewalk panel that was lifted by a tree root – New Jersey (2014).

· Woman slips and sustains injuries from a tree nut – Florida (2018).

· Woman falls into a hole caused by a tree root – New Jersey (2020).

· Tree limb failure on two pedestrians – Virginia (2016).

· Woman struck and killed by a tree branch while riding on a bike path – Illinois (2019).

· Tree failure onto a motorist – Washington (2018).

· A tree uprooted during a nor’easter and struck a vehicle – New Jersey (2020).

· Pedestrian trips and slips over sidewalk panel covered in algae – Florida (2020).

· Railroad worker fatally injured by a fallen tree – Ohio (2020).

· Motorist seriously injured by an uprooted tree – Texas (2020).

· Man seriously injured when a Pine tree fails in New Jersey (2021).

· Motorist seriously injured by an uprooted tree in New Jersey during a nor’easter (2021).

· Child struck and injured when playing on a public playground by a tree that had been previously

damaged during construction – Massachusetts (2016).

· Child fatally injured when a tree falls on a cabin – Indiana (2021).

· Tree uproots and strikes a vehicle due to a municipal sidewalk replacement - New Jersey (2021).

· Woman slips and falls into pond and algae is alleged to have caused her to sustain fatal injuries

- New Jersey (2021).

· Tree uproots and strikes a dwelling causing an occupant to sustain fatal injuries – Kansas (2021).

· Tree worker is fatally injured when an insect (Bee) nest is disturbed during a tree stump removal

operation – California (2021).

· Minor sustained injuries when a roadside tree fails and strikes a vehicle – Alabama (2021).

· Tree alongside a roadway fails and causes fatal injuries in Pennsylvania - (2021).

· Tree limb failure that causes injuries to a pedestrian - Washington D.C. (2021).

· Tree sustained fatal injuries as a result of being struck by a vehicle - Ohio (2021).

· Maple tree fails and strikes a camper - Ohio (2021).

· Pine tree fails and strikes a cabin and an occupied vehicle – Maine (2021).

· Bicyclist slips and sustains injuries as the result of algae formation on a pathway - Texas (2021).

· Motorcycle is fatally injured when tree fails - Ohio (2021).

· House fire caused by an alleged Palm tree frond to conductor contact - Florida (2021).

· Tree worker is injured during a tree removal project involving a crane - New Hampshire (2021).

· Utility pole fails due to wood decay and causes structure fire - Missouri (2021).

· Landscape worker is fatality injured when working in a Palm tree near energized conductors -

Florida (2021).

· Bicyclist struck by a tree - Indiana (2021).

· Failure of a Red Maple tree causing property damage – Florida (2021).

· Failure of a Sugar Hackberry causing property damage – Texas (2021).

· Tree limb fails and causes injuries to a pedestrian – Pennsylvania (2021).

· Palm frond from a Queen Ann Palm falls and caused injuries to a restaurant patron – California

(2021).

· Tree limb fails and strikes a vehicle and causes driver to be injured – New York (2021).

· Minor child sustains electrical injuries when he touches a fallen tree laying on an energized

distribution line - North Carolina (2022).

· Medical transport worker slips on Sedum plants that encroach on sidewalk - Ohio (2022).

· Communication worker fatally injured in a tree - Ohio (2022).

· Eastern White Pine collapses and fatally injuries a motorist - Ohio (2022).

· Patron at a restaurant injured from a falling Queen Ann Palm frond - Florida (2022).

· Bicyclist is injured when a motorist struck him due to both party’s line of sight was blocked by

juniper hedge - Colorado (2022).

· Tree fails and causes injuries to a motorist - Kentucky (2022).

· Tree fails and causes injuries to a motorist - Ohio (2022).

· 40 acres of Pine trees sustained fire injuries - Florida (2022).

· Property owner claims a landscape contractor supplied inferior plant material - Ohio (2022).

· Tree uproots and fails and destroys dwelling - New Jersey (2022).

· Property owner claims a landscape contractor supplied inferior plant material - Michigan

(2022.)

· Tree work is fatally injured when he comes in contact with an electrical conductor - Minnesota

(2022).

· Landscape plants injured by pool water discharge - Pennsylvania (2022).

· Tree and landscape damage claim from a vehicle accident - Ohio (2022).

· Tree fails and causes injuries to a motorist - Pennsylvania (2022).

· Tree limb fails and strikes a patron at a bank - Virginia (2022).

· Trees exposed to ammonia gas - Arkansas (2022).

· Communication worker injured when he was working in trees near energized conductors - Ohio

(2022).

· Tree fails and causes fatal injuries to a motorist - Ohio (2022).

Non-litigation

· Tree risk assessments - Ohio and other states (1997-2022).

· Soil test collection and analysis - Ohio (1997-2022).

· Leaf collections and analysis - Ohio (1997-2022).

· Tree and landscape health assessments - Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky (1997-2022).

· Plant damage caused by herbicides - Nationwide (1997-2022).

· Assessment of tree damage after 200-miles-per-hour (mph) Hurricanes Irma and Maria - Sint

Maarten and San Juan Puerto Rico (2018).

· Assessment of tree damage after 21 tornados caused tree and plant damage - Ohio (2019).

· Assessment of tree damage after a 70-mph derecho causes damage - Ohio (2022).

· Inspection and care recommendations for the installation of 60+ 10-inch DBH trees - Ohio

(2022).

· Tree Impact study for vegetation management of the installation of underground

communication lines - Ohio (2022).

· Planning, development, and oversight of a $200,000 landscape project - Ohio (2022).

· Provided tree protection oversight to a multiunit complex - Ohio (2021-2022).