Blog Posts
Lane Change & Crash: Who, When, Where?
Robert S. Kinder, Jr., MS, Mechanical Engineer :::: The driver of a Jeep SUV stated they were approaching a four-way intersection when a GMC pickup truck changed lanes and entered…
Woman Injures Herself Discharging From Waterslide
Thomas J. Griffiths, Ed.D., Aquatic Safety Consultant :::: A young mother took her two children to a family leisure pool with water slides at an aquatic facility. According to her…
Plaintiff Incurs Spinal Cord Injury on Rollercoaster
Robert J. Nobilini, Ph.D., Biomechanical Engineer :::: Case Synopsis: The plaintiff was injured while riding a rollercoaster. He testified that the ride was “awfully bumpy” and when the ride ended,…
Double Counting 1 of 2: Household Chores… Done Remotely
Irina Balashova, CPA, CIA, CFE, Economic Consultant :::: When assessing economic losses, be aware of the potential double counting of damages, utilizing different categories of loss. Case Synopsis: A traveling…
New Regulations for Back-Up Cameras
Leslie E. Lovre, Technical Assistant ::::: Federal regulators call them backover events; those heartbreaking accidents, often involving small children, wherein a rearward-moving vehicle strikes and often injures, sometimes fatally, someone…
Shortcomings Lead to Defective Design
R. Scott King, BSME, Principal Mechanical Engineer :::: A vehicle operator was injured when his vehicle collided with a landscaping equipment trailer that had separated from its towing vehicle. He…
Smarter Cars, Brighter Roads
Robert T. Lynch, PE, Senior Mechanical Engineer :::: To mitigate pedestrian collisions, automobile manufacturers, such as Toyota, have started to install autonomous tech, including pedestrian detection systems and automatic high…
Seeing Yellow
Johann F. Szautner, PE, Civil Engineer :::: We all know the meaning of "seeing red", often associated with a state of heightened emotion when the blood pressure rises, and we…
Public Playground Equipment
Alan R. Caskey, Ph.D., Parks and Recreation Consultant :::: Playground injury litigation is about to get more difficult, i.e. finding additional defendants. The American Society of Testing Materials is in…
