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Leonard J. Backer has over 28 years of extensive and successful Seating, Tables and Furniture Industry experience in all key areas. Mr. Backer has been directly involved in the design and development of 250+ seating and table collections. He specializes in Private Label Manufacturing, Sourcing, and Product Development expertise. Mr. Backer provides aggressive Expert Witness and Litigation Support services to attorneys, insurers and businesses for Plaintiff or Defense. He performs site inspections, detailed product reviews and incident analyses. He has worked with law firms and insurance companies to develop and coordinate strategies for various types of legal actions and lawsuits. Very strong hospitality background. Mr. Backer has extensive experience with hotel, restaurant, cruise ship, retail store and senior living incidents. Personal Injury and Product Liability Cases. He provides detailed analyses, written opinions, and expert witness reports for clients throughout the U.S. Strong proven deposition and court testimony. Areas of Expertise:

Furniture Based Disputes, Claims, or Legal Actions
Chair Failures
Seating Product Liability
Personal Injury
Purchasing Disputes
Seating Product Design / Performance Issues
Design Knockoffs

Sales Rep. Commission Disputes
Designer Royalties
Exclusive Distribution Agreements
Product Evaluation
Warranty Issues
Product Launch Failures
Private Label Development Agreements
Evaluation of Management Performance

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10/2/2019 · Hotels & Hospitality

Residential Seating is Not Safe Enough for Commercial or Hospitality Use

By: Leonard Backer

Many restaurants, independent hotels and timeshare resorts have much tighter budgets these days when it comes to purchasing seating for their properties. At the same time, there seem to be many “attractive” options available for their chairs, barstools and benches...

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6/4/2015 · Design

Personal Injury: Pay More Attention To The Chairs

By: Leonard Backer

Basic but very important points which could help minimize owners' liability and financial exposure to accident and personal injury claims on their premises.

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BACKGROUND:

35+ years' experience in product design, product development, manufacturing. Product innovation part-time academic since 2009.

Certified New Product Development Professional (NPDP) since 2008 by the Product Development and Management Association. Member of: Society of Plastics Engineers, American Society for Quality. Expert witness services to Product Liability, Intellectual Property (IP), and Commercial Dispute litigators.

PLAINTIFF COUNSEL RETAINED:

Expert witness in 3M Combat Arms earplug case, retained by two plaintiff law firms. More at, https://bit.ly/3M-earplug-settlement Daubert ruling at, https://bit.ly/EPR-3MEP-Daubert (Page 98). Two depositions.

Expert Witness in furniture injury case, settled after my deposition. N95 mask commercial dispute case, report submitted 5/2024.

DEFENSE COUNSEL RETAINED:

Furniture injury case. Review of the state of competitive product safety, mechanisms, warnings. Defense counsel represented major insurance company.

PATENT INFRINGEMENT:

Support to IP litigators looking for design alternatives, product tear downs, and competitive product reviews. Case completed in electromechanical automotive accessory related product category.