McHenry Forum - Crash Reconstruction & Simulation

Saw this on another news thread, thought it might be of interest. I have heard of the use of Special Masters being used in Europe (or the court hiring two and only a third if the two do not agree). This could help weed out the irresponsible and fraudulent advocate "experts" and help insure...

Here's Lawyer J. Russel Jackson's take on the class action suit against the cell phone industry. Various Defenses Should Make Cell Phone Suit Untenable

Some additional information for medit32 users: The steps are simplified by the Crash Test Database and the Tools Lsqfit- A, B Coeff Calculator. To start you need to search the NHTSA crash test database for your particular vehicle to determine if any tests of the particular year, make & model veh...

Dec 7, 2009: New York Times, Promoting the Car Phone, Despite Risks , by Matt Richtel. Part of the Driven to Dsitraction Series, this article documents that since the early 1960s, industry pioneers were aware of the risks of multitasking behind the wheel. Their hunches have been validated by the man...

Some additional information on the Toyota recall announced in Nov 2009. The NHTSA announcement included "NHTSA also said that Toyota will, in addition to these announced vehicle-based remedies, install a brake override system on the involved Camry, Avalon and Lexus ES 350, IS 350 and IS 250 mod...

Dec 6, 2009: A New York Times article today discusses the 350th anniversary of "nullis in verba" (take nobody's word for it) the motto of the Royal Society, Britain's 350-year-old science fraternity. Formed in 1660 by 12 learned gents, it was initially called a " Colledge for the Prom...

Dec 2, 2009: More on the Texas Willingham case wherein 'Texas could become the first state to acknowledge officially that, since the advent of the modern judicial system, it had carried out the ‘execution of a legally and factually innocent person’: Jurors Defend verdict that led to Texas Execution ...

A question of e-mail confidentiality Seems your employment contract may allow your employer to read 'anything' on your company provided computer, including 'personal e-mails'. The case stems from a company being sued by an employee who used their computer policy that stated they had a right to look...

Nov 25, 2009: Aland Schwarz, NY Times: NFL Head Injury Study leaders Quit The co-chairmen of the league's committee on brain injuries resigned from the group on Tuesday. Dr. Ira Casson and Dr. David Viano , members of the committee since 1994 and co-chairmen since 2007 resigned on Tuesday. Dr. Viano...

Nov 25, 2009: And here's more information on the 'Toyota Unintended Acceleration' issue:See the Assciated press article: Toyota to replace 4M gas pedals that could jam Toyota Motor Corp announced Wednesday that it will replace accelerator pedals on about 4 million vehicles in the United States becau...