Below is a sampling of recent publications available for download. For more information, or to request a specific paper, please contact Pat Huff at phuff@arcca.com
- Could Wearing a Face Covering Play a Role in Slip, Trip & Fall Claims
- GPS Bicycle Computers – The Black Box of Bicycle Accident Reconstruction
- Deck the Halls with Vows of Safety
- Utilizing Cost Estimation in Claims and Litigation Resolution
- Multiple Failures – The Possible, The Plausible, and The Spaghetti Theory
- Ask the Expert – Fire Suppression System Failures
- Investigating Carbon Bicycle Accidents
- Machine Guards What Are They, And Who Is Responsible For Them
- The Naughty List – The Science & Mechanics Behind Toys That Are Likely to Cause Claims
- The Placement of Digitized Objects in a Point Cloud as a Photogrammetric Technique
- The Hazards of Mechanical Energy Utilized in our Appliances
- When Lightning Strikes How Electrical Devices Are Affected
- The Hills are Alive – When Retaining Walls Start Moving
- Frozen Pipe Loss – Why It Happens and What Investigators Look For
- Biomechanical and Kinematic Evaluations of Slip, Trip and Fall Accidents
- A Slippery Slope – How Counsel And Experts Can Work Together To Detect Slip And Fall Claims Fraud
- Staged Accidents – What To Do When Something About That Accident Claim That Just Landed On Your Desk Doesn’t Add Up…
- The Takata Airbag Recall: An Insurance Perspective
- Glass Construction Defects
- Anatomy of Failure – Understanding the Causes of Lithium-Ion Battery Fires
- Injuries Resulting From Slips and Trips on a Construction Site
- Effective Use of Biomedical Engineers
- ARCCA Petitions the NHTSA to Protect Occupants in Rear-End Collisions
- PA Justice News: “An Unwitnessed Bicycle Accident”
- N.J. Law Journal: “Can Worker Behavior Be the Cause? How workplace pressure can lead to serious injury”
- Claims Magazine: “Lights, Camera, Crash – The Story of a Staged Crash”
- Pocono Record: Crash Test Dummies Key to Schirmer Murder Investigation
- ARCCA Assists in Murder Investigation for the State Police
- Fire, Cause, and Origin of Heavy Vehicles (Mechanical and Forensic Methods)
- Automobile Injury: Did a Faulty Repair Cause the Accident?
- Reaching on Ladders: Do Motivation & Acclimation Affect Risk Taking?
- Losing Balance Upon Standing: Do Construction Workers Perceive the Problem?
- Considerations for Optimizing Occupant Protection to Children in Side Impact Crashes
- Rear-Facing Child Safety Seat Performance In Frontal NCAP Level Crashes
- Minimizing The Risk of Lap/Shoulder Belted Children Submarining the Lap Belt in Frontal Crashes
- An Expert Guide to the Seat Belt Defense
- N.J. Law Journal: “Can Worker Behavior Be the Cause? How Workplace Pressure Can Lead to Serious Injury”
- Claims Magazine: “Two-Wheeled Trouble: Determining Fair Liability in a Bicycle Accident Investigation”
- DRI’s The Voice Newsletter: “Determining Injury Causation: Sorting the Chaff from the Wheat”
- Claims Magazine: “Injuries Sustained in Low-Speed Collisions: Fact or Fiction?”
- Guidelines: Defending Against The Low-Speed Impact
- Biomechanics And The Risk Manager: Defending Fleets, Premises, Products and W.C. Claims
- Low-Speed Sideswipe: Tractor Trailer vs. Automobile
- Lawyers Weekly USA: “$34 Million To Armored Van Messenger Crushed By Coins”
- Lawyers Weekly USA: $10.2 Million For Faulty Seatbelt
- NASP Conference 2007: “Automotive Awareness: Subrogation and Seat Belts, Backs, Air Bags, Rollovers, Child Seats & Cargo Retention”
- Fire & Explosion Investigations: Why Heavy Trucks May Burn
- ASSE’s Fireline Heavy Vehicles: FC&O Mechanical and Forensic Methods