Mr. Sedgewick has a unique ability to translate technical analysis into plain language. Working directly with engineers and accident reconstructionists, he gets quickly to the heart of each case, and finds the most compelling liability argument suited to the case.
Motorcycle and Bicycle Crash Analysis – Wobble, Weave and Capsize Motorcycles and bicycles stay upright for the same reasons, so they also crash for the same reasons. This is true despite their difference in weight and the difference in the speed at which they commonly travel. Although the rule holds true for crashes which [...]
Lawn mowing can be faster and easier with a riding mower than with a push mower. However, it can also be more dangerous. To avoid serious injuries and deaths associated specifically with riding mowers, remember: -riding mowers can have an unexpectedly high center of gravity, which can lead to rollover accidents. It is best to [...]
Injuries arising out of the failure of a handle or the fasteners used to secure it are surprisingly common. In one case, a person suffered a head injury due to a defective handle design on a garden cart. The cart was purchased in pieces with assembly instructions. The handle (a bracked-shaped part when viewed from above: [ ) was made of [...]
Twenty years ago, NHTSA, the federal government agency charged with overseeing vehicle safety, changed the official name of the child’s car seat from “child restraint system” to “child safety seat.” Every parent and grandparent will tell you that child safety is what they expect when they buy and use these special seats. But what is [...]
Secrecy is one of the weapons used by defendants in product liability cases to limit access to justice. Secrecy demanded as a condition of producing information in the context of lawsuits and secrecy and destruction of evidence demaneded in the context of settlement are both intended to keep people who may have claims similar to [...]
If you need to talk to a lawyer about a product liability lawsuit, you should consult with Berman and Simmons. Our firm, which is widely known as “the best plaintiff’s trial firm in the state,” has investigated, prepared, settled or tried hundreds of product liability cases. If you talk with other lawyers about us, they [...]
Danger in Refrigerators Powered by Propane, LP Gas or Natural Gas Gas powered refrigerators have been in use since at least the 1930s. They are particularly suited for use in places where the electrical grid does not run, such as fishing, hunting and logging camps. Partly because they are used in remote locations and partly [...]
A handle is something that we expect to be able to grab and move to achieve a specific purpose. We expect that, gripping a handle, we can open a door, lift a chainsaw, hammer a nail. When we say we have “got a handle” on a problem, we mean that it is under control. Lawyers [...]
The bones of the leg can take high levels of force without breaking as long as those force levels are applied over a very short period of time. The longer the leg is exposed to an injurious level of force, the more likely it is to break. During a downhill ski run, the legs encounter [...]
Exploring how elasticity is a factor in alpine ski binding design and performance is not easy because there is very little written about it, and because few people outside of the ski binding manufacturers have studied it. The very concept of elasticity in ski bindings is unknown to most skiers. To understand it, you must [...]
