Taking a Tumble – How to Keep from Being “Trommel-ed”
Frequently, an incident involves a series of failures or actions that lead to the event occurring. In some cases, these include design or manufacturing issues, in others it is the…
Home Health & Wound Care
The plaintiff, an 80-year-old female, had a medical history which included dementia, Alzheimer’s, stroke with right side weakness, diabetes, hypertension, urinary incontinence, GERD, cervical disc disorder, and chronic kidney disease.…
Judge the Deed, not the Breed
And, more importantly, what led up to it. I often receive calls asking me to opine on the inherent dangerous nature of certain breeds of dogs (i.e.- American Pit Bull…
From Celebration to Tragedy
Case Synopsis: On this particular day, the 4th of July, one could enjoy the many fireworks displays in the neighborhood with large commercial displays lighting up the distant sky. As…
For Whom the Belt Clicks… Determining Seatbelt Usage
Following a crash, questions regarding occupant seatbelt usage may arise. This is especially true when the legal venue allows consideration of seatbelt usage by an occupant when determining damages. Frequently,…
Clearly Zoned?
Case Synopsis: An elderly woman was proceeding South along a low-speed two-lane roadway, approaching a horizontal curve to the right from her perspective. She had a medical event, lost consciousness,…
Going Under is Going Up: Drowning Deaths are Surging
As I and many other water safety experts throughout the nation predicted, this summer the statistics related to drowning are going to be dismal. The number of reported incidents so…
Watch Where You Swing: Playground Injury Case
Case Synopsis: A young girl was injured while using a swing at a public playground, which was owned and managed by a residential management firm that had, amongst other responsibilities,…
A Collision Reconstruction Engineer, an Arborist Expert, and a “Time Machine”
Laser scanning has many advantages for collision reconstruction engineers (among others). But what happens when years have passed between the date of the collision and the site inspection? Perhaps construction…
