Forensic Engineering
Precision.
Credibility.
Results.
Lipscomb Forensics, LLC delivers rigorous technical analysis in collision reconstruction and injury biomechanics.
Areas of Practice
Engineering Analysis You Can Rely On
Lipscomb Forensics, LLC uses validated methodologies and the principles of engineering to reconstruct the event, and deliver objective, science-based opinions that hold up in court.
Motor Vehicle Collision Reconstruction
Evidence and physics-based collision reconstruction to determine speeds, trajectories, and causation. Analysis can be completed for a variety of vehicles such as passenger cars, tractor trailer trucks and farm equipment, bicycles, and pedestrians.
Slips & Falls — Premises Liability
Evaluation of slip, trip, and fall incidents (walkway safety). Applying fundamental laws of physics and research on fall biomechanics to determine whether hazardous conditions existed.
Criminal Matters
Forensic engineering support for criminal cases involving vehicular homicide, hit-and-run, DUI crashes, and other incidents requiring technical reconstruction.
Products Liability
Analysis of product failures, design defects, and manufacturing defects in the context of personal injury and wrongful death litigation.
Kristen E. Lipscomb, PhD
Dr. Kristen E. Lipscomb has over 12 years experience in legal consulting, providing expert witness services in the areas of injury biomechanics, collision reconstruction (motor vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian), slip, trip and fall reconstruction (premises liability), products liability, and industrial accidents. Dr. Lipscomb earned her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of California, Davis. She is a Fully Accredited Traffic Accident Reconstructionist (ACTAR #2896). Dr. Lipscomb also has additional training in photography, photogrammetry, video analysis, collision reconstruction, and shooting incident reconstruction. Dr. Lipscomb is a member of ASTM Committee F 13 on Pedestrian/Walkway Safety, and is certified as a walkway safety specialist. Download Dr. Lipscomb's Curriculum Vitae below.