Mr. Laughlin has spent 15 years working in the field of biomechanical engineering.  He has applied engineering principles in the areas of accident reconstruction, injury potential/causation analyses, human factors analyses and medical device evaluation/design.  As a forensic engineer, Mr. Laughlin has reconstructed accidents involving automobiles, motorcycles, pedestrians, amusement park rides, public transportation, walking surfaces, and railroad/industrial equipment.  Mr. Laughlin has performed analyses to determine damage consistency between vehicles, the order of impacts in multi-vehicle collisions and to determine the driver of vehicles involved in roll-over collisions, as well as other accident reconstruction related analyses.  As a biomechanical engineer, he is qualified to use injury based evidence from medical records, photographs and autopsy reports to create a complete and quality analysis.  Mr. Laughlin is a seasoned professional and has testified over 65 times.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Laughlin has worked in the area of orthopedic biomechanics, developing equipment related to the testing of implantable orthopedic medical devices, studying human kinematics, and testing the material properties of human tissue.  Mr. Laughlin understands occupant dynamics/kinematics and can reconstruct an occupant’s motions during an accident.  He is familiar with head injury causation, spinal biomechanics and the biomechanical properties of human tissue including muscle and bone.  He understands environmental factors that may contribute to an incident including human factors.

Our team will work diligently to collect data and perform quality analyses to reconstruct the scenario from the available evidence.  Under the leadership of Mr. Laughlin, our team has the capability to reconstruct many types of accidents and analyze complex situations.  As a professional engineer, Mr. Laughlin takes pride in maintaining high ethical and scientific standards. He knows our clients make important decisions based upon his opinions and deserve to know the facts. His analyses will be thorough. His opinions will be based upon accepted scientific and engineering principles and will be defensible.  

Areas of Expertise

Biomedical/Biomechanical Engineering

·        Occupant Dynamics

·        Injury Potential/Causation

                                ·     Vehicle Accidents

                                ·     Machinery Usage

                                ·     Railroad Accidents

                                ·     Railroad Equipment

                                ·     Amusement Rides

                                ·     Medical Equipment

                                ·     Sports Equipment

·        Seatbelt/Airbag Interaction

·        Driver Determination

·        Human Factors

                                ·     Visibility

                                ·     Perception/Reaction

                                ·     Ergonomics

·        Brain Injury

·        Spinal Biomechanics

·        Trauma Causation

·        Medical Device Failures

·        Hospital Equipment Failures

Accidents/Mechanical Engineering

·        Motor Vehicles

                                ·     Multiple Impacts

                                ·     Rollovers

                                ·     Low Speed

                                ·     Order of Impacts

·        Damage Consistency

·        EDR “Black Box” Download

·        Pedestrian Incidents

·        Industrial Incidents

·        Slips/Trips and Falls

·        Amusement Park Rides

·        Photogrammetry

·        Product Liability

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