Forensic Engineering
Hepatitis Infection from Surfacing Septic Tank Effluent, Marin County.
Provided expert technical advice on a suit where the children of a farm worker were alleged to have contracted hepatitis from exposure to surfacing septic tank effluent.
Alameda County, CA.
Served as expert witness in a case involving the failure of a leach field of a septic tank system at a very large single-family home shortly after the leach field was constructed. While channeling the overflowing sewage away from the residence, the home owner...
Surfacing Septic Tank Effluent.
Reviewed voluminous documents and summarized the technical facts for the attorneys for two insurance companies, whose insureds were being sued by a downslope neighbor who claimed that their septic systems were discharging on to his property. Interviewed the...
Cesspool Failure, City of Los Angeles
Advised on the failure of a cesspool at an expensive private residence in the City of Los Angeles. The purchaser of the residence was not informed that an older cesspool had failed and had been filled in. Attempts to construct a new cesspool were unsuccessful and the...
Failure to Disclose, Leach Field Failure, San Diego, CA.
Provided technical advice to an attorney representing sellers of a home who were sued for failing to disclose problems with the leach field. The Sellers had a problem with the leach field a year Surfacing Septic Tank Effluent. Reviewed voluminous documents and...
Evaluation Of An Onsite Wastewater Treatment And Disposal System For A Restaurant, Marin County, CA.
Evaluated a failing onsite wastewater treatment and disposal system. Determined that the design capacity of the system was less than required for the existing flows from the restaurant. - Gilbert v. Scott. Stinson Beach.
Death By Septicity From Gardening In A Leach Field, Southern California.
Represented the defense of a septic system installer. A handicapped person who was unable to walk had gardened in the area above the leach field that defendant had constructed, had come down with septicity, and had died. It was alleged that the septicity was due to...
Evaluation Of A Leachfield For An Expanded Church, Palm Beach County, Florida.
Evaluated a proposed leach-field expansion to serve a greatly expanded church. Determined that the leach-field required by County regulations could not be fit on the available site. -2005, July. Agape Church. Pam Crawford.
Other Forensic Engineering
Residential Leakage and Drainage Problems. Investigated leakage and drainage problems in approximately 200 houses. About a dozen of these cases resulted in legal action, in which Bonneau Dickson was used as an expert. Expert Witness, Failed Stormdrain Piping. Serving...
PCE (Perchlorethylene-Laundry Solvent) Contamination
Bonneau Dickson has served as an expert witness on several cases in which it was alleged that public sewer systems had allowed perchloroethylene (PCE) that was discharged by dry cleaning establishments to contaminate the groundwater. Topics of interest were design...