General
topics covered:
- 10 tips for effective expert use
- When your expert meets their expert
- Getting expert evidence accepted
Continuing Education
We offer continuing education courses, seminars and webinars for insurance and legal professionals. Our experts are certified by the California State Bar and our courses are accredited by the Law Society of Ontario and the Law Society of BC. Seminars can be combined or customized as requested. To schedule a complimentary session for any of the topics listed below, or to book a custom seminar, please reach out to our Vancouver, Toronto or LA contact.
Collision Reconstruction
topics covered:
- Using collision reconstruction to establish liability
- The reliability of vehicle “black boxes”
- Get all the data – from black boxes to infotainment
- Simulations and animations
- Crashworthiness
- Heavy truck collision reconstruction
- New car technology
- Cars, trains, buses, heavy trucks, bicycles and motorcycles
- Sorting imperfections from defects in vehicle crashes
- Video analysis
Injury Biomechanics
topics covered:
- Using injury biomechanics to assess injury causation
- Expert evidence in slips, trips & falls
- Head injuries and helmets
- Seatbelt effectiveness in frontal, lateral and rollover crashes
- Injury biomechanics in property and product liability cases
- Shooting analysis
Video Analysis
topics covered:
- Introduction to video analysis in forensic investigations
- Quantify the positions, motions, and speeds of objects in a video
- Stabilizing, synchronizing and correcting lens distortion
- Determining event sequence and timing
Human Factors
topics covered:
- Collision avoidance and the role of human factors
- Nighttime visibility – human factors in the dark
- Distracted driving
- Warning labels
Failure Analysis
topics covered:
- Why water escapes and how to subrogate without getting soaked
- Finding the root cause of consumer product failures
- Using metallurgy to identify manufacturing defects
Aviation
topics covered:
- Aviation accident causes – pilot error or microscopic defect
- An engineer/airline transport pilot’s unique perspective on aviation safety
