IME-Expert Witness
Motor Vehicle Collisions

Dr Nordhoff, DC, Provides Expert Witness Testimony in Several Areas:

• Dr Nordhoff, DC, does both plaintiff and defense work
• Traffic Accident Reconstruction (Scene Drawings, Skid Marks, Momentum, Kinetic Energy, Crush Measurements, Impact Speeds, Delta-V, and other reconstruction issues.)
• Injury Biomechanics and Occupant Motion During Crash Event
• Nature and Extent of Injuries: Including soft-tissue injuries, strains, sprains, head injuries, extremity injuries, and others.
• Diagnosis
• Disc injuries (cervical, thoracic, and lumbar)
• Treatment Reasonableness and Necessity. Including DC/MD/PT treatment.
• Healing Responses
• Disability
• Prognosis
• Human Factors Influencing Injury and Healing Responses
• Susceptibility to injury due to spondylolisthesis, stenosis, degeneration, prior surgery, genetic conditions, and etc.
• Occupant Out-of-Position Issues (Body turned, leaning forward, etc)
• Seatbelt use and Airbag deployment influence on injury
• Defense Cases Regarding Fraud
• Medical Fraud for Defense
• Attorneys can call about other issues to see if Dr Nordhoff, DC, may assist. May refer case to other specialists.

Dr Nordhoff, DC, is used by defense attorneys primarily to address issues of excessive billing, test necessity, fraudulent crashes, and standards of care.

Dr Nordhoff, DC, has had his deposition taken more than 100 times and has testified in more than 50 court trials on various issues relating to motor vehicle collisions.

Any attorney that contacts Dr Nordhoff, DC, about any case is expected to be HIPAA compliant with Federal and State Laws in respect to any person’s protected health information (PHI) in the medical records or other sources of health information. Privacy and Security of all parties PHI is a priority with Dr Nordhoff’s, DC, office. All medical records that are received from other health care providers are shredded one-year after conclusion of the case unless personally requested by the attorney or parties in the case with proper authorization.

Photo of seat and interior side door panel that crushed inward against the thigh of a rear-seated occupant involved in a near-sided lateral crash. The Red Dye Marks on the edge of the leather seat in the middle of the photograph and the bottom of the door panel indicate where the dye from the pants of the female occupant transferred from side impact. Significant thigh injury was noted in the medical records to the passenger from the door intrusion caused by the bullet vehicle. Door rebound was also noted in this case.

Biomechanics

Dr Nordhoff, DC, provides IME/QME medicolegal evaluations for doctors, attorneys, or insurance carriers. If you would like to have an IME performed, contact Dr Nordhoff, DC, at 925-484-2167 and discuss the case briefly and the fee structure. Once the IME has been agreed, then have the patient call Dr Nordhoff’s, DC, office at 925-484-2928 to schedule the appointment.

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