During the past 20+ years, Lance has provided field investigations, analysis, written reports, deposition and court testimony for several hundred motor vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle and train collisions related to roadway, parking lot and transit issues, as well as reconstruction of the collisions. Included in these cases are: hit-pedestrian collisions related to cross walks, bus stops, bus and tractor-trailer operation; run-off-the-road collisions involving utility poles, guide rail and median barrier; roadway drainage issues; crashes in construction work zones; collisions involving traffic control devices such as signs, pavement markings and signals; collisions involving shoulder conditions, and clear zone adjacent to the road; collisions involving driveway and intersection location and sight distances; grade crossings; and collisions involving roadway defects such as potholes and wheel ruts.
Through consulting positions, he’s supervised road and street design, field engineering and field inspection for road and bridge projects, provided construction contracting for water and sewerage facilities, including the attendant roads and streets, and provided engineering for water resources projects, including feasibility study, master planning, detailed design, construction inspection, and facility startup and turnover to the owner for operation.
Lance is licensed as a Professional Engineer in five states, and he maintains a number of professional affiliations, including the Transportation Research Board, the Institute of Traffic Engineers, and the Society of Automotive Engineers.
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- Highway Interchange - Experts Reconstruct Crash and Evaluate Highway Design
In January of 2003 a van with 6 workers aboard slid off the ramp for Exit 41 on Westbound I-78 in Watchung, NJ and struck a tree located about 35 feet from the edge of the ramp pavement. The collision resulted in the death of one worker and caused quadriplegia to another, who later died due to complications from injuries sustained in the impact. Robson Forensic reconstructed how the collision occurred and identified substandard and dangerous roadway conditions that caused the collision.
The case settled for over $7,000,000 prior to giving the case to the jury. Robson Forensic was retained by Attorney Craig Rothenberg of The Law Offices of Craig M. Rothenberg Law in Union, New Jersey.
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- Driveway Collision - Experts Investigate Motorcycle-Car Collision
An older driver pulled out from a driveway with sight obstructions to the left and the right. The motorcyclist,
with right of way on the through road, was forced into an evasive braking maneuver; the motorcycle fell onto
its side and then slid into the exiting car. The motorcyclist was severely injured.
Robson Forensic involved three experts: a highway engineer, a human factors specialist, and a
motorcycle expert.
On the basis of Robson Forensic’s work this case resolved through settlement with the property owners on both sides of the driveway.
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- Intersection Crash – Expert Reconstructs Motorcycle-Car Collision
A motorcycle and car collided in an intersection. The motorcyclist landed in a yard on the other side of the car. The speed limit on the road was 25 mph. The motorcyclist was severely injured, the car driver less so.
How did this collision occur? What were its underlying causes? Who bears what responsibility? These are the questions Robson Forensic experts answered.
Our client in this case was Richard Greifinger, Esq., of Newark, N.J. Attorney Greifinger took this case from one where his client was criminally indicted and the defendant insurance company refused to pay a dime, to one where the case resolved by settlement.
For a copy of the report we prepared see…
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- Roadway Defect Causes Bicycle Collision
A cyclist on a city street encountered a power company grate in the street, his front tire went into a gap in the grate, he crashed and was injured.
We inspected the grate and showed that ordinary bicycle tires could readily be trapped by the gap, that the gap was in a normal bicycle travel path and that cyclist activity was common in the area. We also showed that gaps such as this have been known for a long time to be dangerous to cyclists, and that the gap made the grate dangerous in a manner that was a cause of the cyclist's crash and injuries.
This event was typical of other bicycle collisions. The case resolved through settlement.
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- PennDOT Settles Rural Intersection Collision Case for $200K
A two-vehicle, intersection collision occurred at a rural intersection. Robson Forensic determined corner sight distance was grossly substandard and a cause of the collision.
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- Highway Construction – Expert Investigates Collision with Construction Vehicle
A driver was injured when her car collided with a construction vehicle on a state highway. The construction vehicle exited a work zone from a median crossover between the northbound and southbound travel lanes and entered directly into the passing lane in the southbound direction. The injured driver crashed into the back of the construction vehicle. Robson Forensic experts were retained to determine the cause(s) of the incident.
This case settled favorably for our client before trial.
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- Construction Signage - Expert Investigates Single-Vehicle Crash in Work Zone
This single-vehicle construction work zone collision resulted in serious injury to a passenger. Liability was established against both the construction contractor and the construction inspection firm.
We determined that: the collision occurred due to the car traveling at high speed and the road surface changing from paved to dirt/gravel as a result of construction activity; the crash occurred within a long-term construction work site; the only construction sign encountered by the driver in his approach to the work site was a Road Work Ahead sign; the street where the work was underway was used as a “cut through” by non-local traffic; the persistent high-speed non-local traffic through the construction site was dangerous to both the construction workers and the traffic; the contractor and the construction inspection firm were aware of, or should have been aware of, the speeding through-traffic prior to the collision, but made no change to the traffic control plan. Based on the facts and in accordance with standards for work zone traffic control, our expert opined that the contractor and the construction inspection firm: should have taken effective steps to detour the non-local traffic; and that the failure of the contractor and the construction inspection firm to employ reasonable and established measures to effectively close the street under construction to through traffic was improper and a substantial cause of the collision and resulting injury. The case settled during mediation.
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- Fatal, Hit-Pedestrian, Night Time Collision
This is a fatal, hit-pedestrian, night time collision. The pedestrian walked in front of a SUV that pulled into the middle lane to make a left turn and then out in front of a car passing the turning SUV. We reconstructed the events of the collision and determined that the pedestrian walked out in front of the driver within the driver’s reasonable perception reaction time. The driver did not have enough time or distance to avoid collision. The cause of this collision was the pedestrian walking out in front of the driver. The driver’s actions were not improper in a manner that was a cause of the crash. The case settled at mediation.
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- MDC Ordered To Pay $2.9 Million To Injured Bicyclist
A Superior Court jury in Hartford awarded former children’s book illustrator $2.9 million for injuries suffered in a bicycle accident on land owned by the Metropolitan District Commission.
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- Defense Verdict in High Speed Crash
A jury found in favor of the County in a single vehicle run off the road crash on a County road. When the plaintiff rounded a curve to the left, his right wheels went off the pavement and he lost control, swerving across the roadway before striking a utility pole.
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- Road Condition Expert Report
This single-vehicle-run-off-the-road crash involved a 2002 Dodge 3500 passenger van transporting a group of employees.
One passenger died and four were injured as a result of the crash.
This investigation was performed to determine if dangerous roadway conditions were a cause of the crash.
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- Settlement in Two-Vehicle Crash Involving Police Cruiser and Limited Evidence
When a taxi was struck on the left rear side by a police cruiser that admittedly ran a red light, one rear passenger was thrown from the car and both rear seat passengers were injured.
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- Bicycle Crash Reconstruction
Bicycle Crash Reconstruction involves the application of scientific and engineering principles to determine how the incident started and what initiated the loss of control. Vehicle speeds and positions at various times and distances are investigated, as well as the location of vehicles at impact.
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