176 Conn. App. 506 - Gostyla v. Chambers’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
3
states following
December 2021
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nimely v. City of New York · Smelser v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. · Combs v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. · Desrosiers v. Henne · Ryan Transportation, Inc. v. M & G Associates
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“); see also Gostyla v. Chambers, 171 A.3d 98, 102-03 (Conn. 2017) C[A]lthough biomechanical engineers are qualified to testify about the amount of force generated by a collision and the likely effects of that force on the human body, they are not qualified to render opinions about whether a collision caused or contributed to a particular 3 ..„ ,•' individual's specific injuries because they are not medical doctors.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Manhas Vs. Tinker“may not testify as to the extent of injuries suffered by Plaintiff, which would require the identification and diagnosis of a medical condition, but may testify that the force sustained by Plaintiff in the subject accident could potentially cause certain injuries as this amounts to a biomechanical determination”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Manhas Vs. Tinker
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