Ms. Eklund's efforts for either her employer or client throughout her career have focused on avoiding litigation through encouraging appropriate professional activities in project planning, implementation and documentation of all health and safety aspects of environmental and industrial operations. The field of industrial hygiene is based on the anticipation of exposure and prevention of occupational illnesses and injuries by active management of causative factors.
In the environmental field, for example, an appropriate health and safety plan, whether for a simple project or complex ones, is necessary to a successful project. If such a plan is not an integral part of the project flow, then the project plan is flawed and is subject to serious criticism, and probable later litigation. When accidents occur, the project plan and standard technical field practices, must be reviewed and revised to prevent re-occurrence. If not, the liability of a company conducting such work is tremendous and the company is at risk for allowing such practices to persist. The role of the person responsible for health and safety in a project is an important one that companies often overlook, underplay, or eliminate all together.
The following are some of the pertinent litigation support projects for which Ms. Eklund has provided input to date:
Date: 1977
Client: OSHA, New Orleans, LA
Functions: Provide input as Facts Witness through deposition and court testimony in case against a shipyard which alleged that OSHA issued improper OSHA citations and fines involving airborne silica concentrations in the workplace.
Status: Settled
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Date: 1994
Client: Chemical Waste Management (ENRAC), Houston, TX
Functions: Served as Facts Witness and provided litigation support involving allegation of environmental contamination lodged by neighbors following a major remediation at a pesticide-blending facility.
Status: Settled in 1995
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Date: 1999-2000
Client: Brown, Sims, Wise & White
Functions: Served as Expert Witness and provided litigation support for Amanda Bryant, et. al. vs. IMC, et. al.
Status: Settled in 2000
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Date: 2000
Client: Keith H. Cole, Jr. (later with Burnett, Trahan & Johnson, L.L.P.
Functions: Served as Expert Witness and provided litigation support for Martha Suzanne Lobaugh v. USA Floor-Tec, Inc.
Status: Settled (?)
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Date: 2001
Client: J. E. Perschbach
Functions: Served as Expert Witness and provided litigation support for Herman Whitfield (Cause #2000-39494).
Status: Settled in 2001
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Date: 2002
Client: Brian E. White, Brown Sims, P.C.
Functions: Served as Expert Witness and provided litigation support for Cause No. 0047228. Deposition.
Status: Settled in 2002 or early 2003
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Date: 2003
Client: Cynthia Baker, Baker Chemicals, Inc.
Functions: Served as Expert Witness and provided litigation support for bankruptcy court concerning OSHA and MSHA citations. Affidavit.
Status: Pending early 2004 court date
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Last Update:
July 1, 2003