How Biomechanical Evidence Informs Injury Causation and Legal Decision-Making 

Presented by the CBA Alberta Insurance Law (North) Section

On Demand. Originally presented on Nov 4, 2025.

Please join us for a seminar on the role of a biomechanical expert in litigation. Dr. Gooyers will provide an overview of how biomechanical experts determine how and why people become injured, explaining how the human body generates and responds to forces through the application of engineering and biomechanical principles to reconstruct and interpret real-world injury events. The session will highlight biomechanical assessments of injury causation in motor vehicle collisions, as well as helmet and restraint use and effectiveness, offering practical insight into how objective, evidence-based analysis, grounded in peer-reviewed research, can clarify injury mechanisms, assess the plausibility of claims, and support informed decision-making in litigation.

PRESENTER

Chad Gooyers, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., MBA, P.L.Eng. (Regional Director, Western Canada | Technical Director, Biomechanics – 30 Forensic Engineering)

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