Forensic Areas of Expertise

Dean Biomechanics, LLC specializes in forensic engineering analysis and uses proven scientific methods to give you the answers you can use in court.

Biomechanical Injury Causation Analysis

Biomechanics is the application of principles and methods of engineering mechanics to the study and solution of problems arising in biology and medicine. The science of injury biomechanics is fundamentally different from that of medicine in that it does not offer diagnoses, treatment, or prognoses, but instead addresses the relationships between events and damages to tissue by studying the physics of accidental events, the properties of tissues, and the application of loads to tissues in accidental events.

Injury/fatality causation analysis
Injury tolerance
Spine/Knee/Hip/Shoulder Joint kinematics
Medical Device Analysis
Head injury/TBI
Burn Analysis
Occupant kinematics: Human motion & speed

Accident Reconstruction Analysis

Whether it is a vehicle accident or slip/trip and falls, falls from height, product failure, surgical malpractice, projectiles, sports injury, etc… you name it, you want the best team working on your case. Accident reconstruction uses engineering principles to determine what happened and how. We make sure to look at all of the factors of any accident to assure that all scenarios are considered to determine what happened. Some of the specific things we can review are:

Passenger vehicles accidents
Motorcycles accidents
Pedestrian accidents
Bicycle accidents
Heavy vehicle accidents
Vehicle dynamics: swerving, braking, acceleration

Premise Liability

As a certified walkway safety auditor and tribometrist, Dr. Stolworthy offers insights into identifying potential hazards in a walkway. He can also help create a walkway safety plan to improve the safety of everyone.

Slips, trips, stumbles, missteps & falls
Walkway safety inspection
Friction and slip resistance testing
ADA inspections

Product Liability & Design Analyis

Orthopedic screws/plates/joint replacement analysis for spine, shoulder, wrist, knee, hip, ankle
Rigid medical equipment (canes, crutches, walkers, wheelchairs)
Robotic devices and other electromechanical devices
Consumer electronics