ARCCA's Litigation Services include dedicated technical professionals who understand the litigation process. Our team can support you in all phases of litigation - from technical case strategy to trial testimony. We take a global view of the case in our consultative approach, weaving together our technical, scientific and communication skills into the combination that most effectively allows the truth to be told. We rapidly and cost-effectively identify the critical issues and translate complex events into understandable concepts.

Our professionals have extensive experience in all types of civil and criminal litigation, including such areas as product liability, intellectual property, financial litigation, personal injury, medical malpractice and aviation to name a few.

ARCCA's technical expertise is unmatched in the litigation marketplace, featuring over 100 experts in 40 plus disciplines. Our engineers, scientists, doctors, accountants, technicians and other professionals can analyze and solve the most complex technical problems and then communicate their findings in an understandable and concise manner. They all have proven track records for honesty, integrity, and in supporting the opinions offered.

Accident Reconstruction Aviation Expert Team Aircraft Ejection Seats and Crash Resistant (energy absorbing) Seating Airplane Engine Mechanics Automotive Safety and Product Liability Aviation Transport Seating Biomechanics & Human Injury Analysis Bicycle Accidents & Investigations Blood Pattern Analysis Boating/Marine/Amusement Ride Safety Cargo Restraints Chemistry/Pathology/Toxicology Civil Engineer/Codes Child Restraints and Safety Seats Construction Economics Elevator/Escalator Environmental Fire Cause and Origin Forensic Accounting Forensic Analysis and Crash Investigation Geotechnical Helmets Highway Design/Traffic Engineering Human Factors/Usability Engineer

Industrial Safety Landscape Architect Mechanical Systems and Components Mechanical Engineer/Power Plants/Piping and Valve Systems Mechanical/Brake Failure/Power Steering Failure/Motorcycles Medical Records/Radiology Metallurgy Neuropsychology Nursing Care Procedures Occupant Kinematics Patents Pharmacology/Toxicology Polymers/Plastics Seats, Seat Belts and Airbags Slip, Trip and Fall Statistical Analysis and Operations Research System Safety Tank Explosions Tires Trucking Mechanics Warnings and Guarding Wheelchairs

Experts- Accident Reconstruction

Accurate accident reconstruction is essential to any forensic accident analysis. Our team of skilled accident reconstructionists utilize expertise in photography, engineering, visualization, and computer modeling and analysis. We use simulation programs such as EDSMAC, EDVAP, and EDCRASH to perform comprehensive accident reconstruction analyses and provide clients with straightforward conclusions. We are equipped to perform static and dynamic tests as part of the process to evaluate all pertinent variables.

Specific expertise includes:

• Accident Scene/Site Investigation
• Trucking and Multi-Car Crash Issues
• Motorcycle Accidents
• Calculation of Delta V and Acceleration Time Histories
• Line-of-Sight Issues

Experts- Automotive and Vehicular Safety and Product Liability

ARCCA's expertise in automotive product liability is unmatched in the country. Our occupant and crash safety capabilities make us a leader in human crash survival for all ground and air applications. We believe that crashworthiness leads to survivable accidents - those where the forces transmitted through the seating and restraint systems to the occupants do not exceed the limit of human tolerance. Our testing capability, particularly as it relates to seat back failures, belt strength, and occupant and/or seat belt performance under crash scenarios, lends tremendous credibility to our testifying experts.

Specific expertise includes:

• Seats, Seatbelts, and Airbags
• Child Safety Seats
• Child Occupant Crash Protection
• Rollovers and Roof Crush
• Forklift issues
• Trucking issues

Experts - Biomechanics & Human Injury Analysis

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Our biomechanics and biomedical experts look at the medical intricacies of the human body from a design perspective. Biomechanics transcends medicine by studying and calculating the forces and directions that cause specific trauma, as well as the requirements to mitigate those very same injuries. Accordingly, our experts assess all areas in which human trauma can occur. We use simulation software and other tools to assess and predict occupant kinematics.

ARCCA's biomechanic specialties include:

• Human Injury Evaluation
• Kinematics - assessment of effect of inertial and impact forces on humans
• Medical Device Analysis
• Slips, Trips and Falls
• Workplace Injury

Experts- Forensic Accounting

ARCCA has a team of experienced forensic accountants and economists to perform complex economic analysis. Our financial experts assist in all aspects of a case, from case selection, due diligence, discovery assistance in document review, and technical assistance at deposition, through trial testimony. In some cases we serve as litigation consultants; in other cases we offer expert opinions on economic issues.

Specific expertise includes:

• Damage Measurement Principles
• Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Economic Studies
• Public Reporting Standards
• Business Valuations, Bankruptcy and Reorganization Issues
• Fraud Investigation, Cost Accounting, and Accountant's Malpractice

Experts- Mechanical Systems and Components

Our mechanical engineers, metallurgists and electrical engineers are skilled in investigation and analysis related to machinery, component and equipment failures.

Our expertise includes:

• Mechanical Systems and Machinery
• Steering, Gears and Linkage
• Machine Guarding Issues
• Consumer Products Safety