Situation
Ripes, Nelson, Baggot & Kalobratsos, PC (RNBK) is an insurance civil litigation firm specializing in the defense of insured persons and companies sued for liability and casualty losses. Plaintiffs in such cases commonly claim a variety of damages and injuries after having an accident.
"We can’t properly defend a client by using pictures and our client’s testimony… We need expert testimony from experienced biomechanical engineers and medical professionals.”
“Many people see an accident as a chance to file a lawsuit claimin millions in damages,” said Steven B. Fisher, an attorney with RNBK. “The reality is that we often can’t properly defend a client by using pictures and our client’s testimony alone.” This puts the law firm in the position of needing experts to objectively and reliably evaluate the data. This is done in order to determine whether the accident happened the way plaintiffs claim, whether plaintiffs’ claimed damages or injuries were caused by the accident, and if so, whether they are as severe as what is being claimed. “We need expert testimony from experienced biomechanical engineers and medical professionals who can reconstruct an accident to determine the complex motion of body parts and their environment, and then examine the impact of their findings,” said Steven. “These are people who can get over the evidentiary threshold to have their testimony presented to the judge and jury.” Steven turned to Biodynamic Research Corporation (BRC).
Solution
Objectively analyzing complex kinetic events, such as automobile accidents, requires a combination of engineering and medical expertise to realize the most accurate scientific results. This is exactly what BRC provides. For more than thirty years, BRC has analyzed and reconstructed incidents worldwide, and its consultants have provided testimony in nearly two thousand trials.
“BRC’s accident reconstruction efforts tell us how the incident occurred, and its biomechanical analysis tells us whether the injuries being claimed are consistent with the accident itself and physical damage present,” said Steven. “These are the two perspectives that we need to defend our clients effectively—and BRC can do both extremely well.”
"The BRC team is so thorough and methodical that I’m able to settle cases before they go to trial.”
Not only does BRC have nurses and paralegals on staff, but many of BRC’s consultants are physicians with engineering degrees and accident reconstruction certification. Their broad experience includes analyzing events including slip and falls, passenger vehicle collisions, and even high-profile aircraft crashes.
“BRC formulates detailed reports with images, diagrams, statistical references, and objective analysis,” said Steven. “The thoroughness and methodical nature of BRC’s analysis allows us to favorably resolve cases without a trial.”
