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Traumatic Brain Injury Expert Witnesses

Traumatic brain injury has become a significant issue in commercial litigation involving insurers, manufacturers, sports organizations, employers, and institutional defendants. Coverage disputes between insurers and policyholders, reinsurance disagreements over aggregated claims, and product liability cases involving helmets and protective equipment can each turn on the diagnosis, severity, and causation of brain injury. Disability insurance and benefit disputes frequently depend on whether claimed cognitive deficits are supported by objective evidence. Because TBI ranges from mild concussion to severe injury and its symptoms can overlap with other conditions, sophisticated parties often present sharply different interpretations of the same records.

A traumatic brain injury expert helps attorneys evaluate medical, neuropsychological, and biomechanical evidence with care. The expert can review neuroimaging, neurological examinations, neuropsychological testing, symptom validity measures, and treatment records to assess whether an injury occurred, how severe it was, and how it is likely to progress. In product and sports-related disputes, the expert can address injury mechanisms and the protective capacity of equipment or safety protocols. That analysis informs causation, liability, coverage, and damages and is often central to Rule 702 challenges involving TBI evidence.

Because TBI spans neurology, neuropsychology, neuroradiology, rehabilitation medicine, and biomechanics, the right expert depends on the specific question in dispute. Round Table Group can introduce neurologists, neuropsychologists, neuroradiologists, and injury biomechanics specialists, including professionals whose backgrounds involve academic medical centers, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and the Department of Defense's traumatic brain injury research programs. Their experience in clinical care and research helps courts rely on their conclusions about diagnosis and causation. With more than 75,000 expert searches completed for litigators, we can match the issues in your matter with the right specialist. Let us help you find that expert by calling us at (202) 908-4500.

Kinds of Cases We Work On

Round Table Group helps our clients find a wide variety of Traumatic Brain Injury expert witnesses for cases like:

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Helmet Manufacturer Sued Over Concussion Data Suppression

A sports league sued a helmet manufacturer, alleging the company withheld internal impact-testing data showing its flagship helmet model provided materially less concussion protection than represented to league equipment managers. We identified experts with experience in helmet biomechanics and impact testing, sports equipment safety standards, and product liability causation analysis. The expert's review of the withheld test data confirmed the protection shortfall, supporting the league's misrepresentation claim.
02

Imaging Device Maker Faces Diligence Fraud

An acquirer of a brain-injury diagnostic imaging company sued the sellers after post-closing clinical validation testing found the device's automated lesion-detection algorithm performed well below the sensitivity rates presented during due diligence. We identified experts with experience in neuroimaging diagnostic algorithm validation, traumatic brain injury imaging standards, and medical device M&A due diligence. The expert's independent validation study confirmed the sensitivity shortfall, supporting the misrepresentation claim.
03

CRO Enrollment Errors Undermine TBI Drug Trial

A pharmaceutical sponsor sued its contract research organization after discovering that a multicenter traumatic brain injury drug trial had enrolled subjects who did not meet the protocol's injury-severity classification criteria, jeopardizing the study's endpoints. We identified experts with experience in clinical trial operations for neurological studies, TBI severity classification standards, and GCP compliance auditing. The expert's chart review confirmed a pattern of misclassified enrollees at several sites, supporting the sponsor's claim.
04

Insurer Disputes Reimbursement for TBI Rehab Program

A health insurer sued a multi-site brain injury rehabilitation provider network, alleging its billing for intensive cognitive rehabilitation programs across thousands of claims exceeded the medical necessity documentation required under their agreement. We identified experts with experience in brain injury rehabilitation clinical standards, healthcare billing and medical necessity documentation, and insurance reimbursement policy. The expert's chart audit found documentation supporting continued treatment was frequently missing, supporting the insurer's claim.
05

Military Contractor Sued Over Screening Tool Accuracy

A defense agency's prime systems integrator sued a subcontractor after a fielded cognitive screening tool intended to flag possible traumatic brain injury among returning personnel produced an unacceptably high false-negative rate during validation. We identified experts with experience in neuropsychological screening tool validation, military health technology standards, and government contract performance requirements. The expert's statistical review confirmed the false-negative rate exceeded the contracted specification, supporting the integrator's claim.
06

Workers' Comp Case Management Vendor Faces Suit

A self-insured employer sued its workers' compensation case management vendor, alleging systemic delays in coordinating neuropsychological evaluations for employees with suspected work-related brain injuries increased its overall claims costs. We identified experts with experience in workers' compensation case management standards, neuropsychological evaluation scheduling practices, and claims cost impact analysis. The expert's caseload audit found evaluation delays well beyond industry benchmarks, supporting the employer's claim.
07

Biomarker Patent Dispute Splits Diagnostics Companies

A diagnostics company sued a competitor, alleging its blood-based traumatic brain injury biomarker test infringed a patent covering a specific protein-detection method used to assess injury severity. We identified experts with experience in neurotrauma biomarker science, diagnostic assay patent claim construction, and in vitro diagnostics regulatory pathways. The expert's assay-method comparison found the accused test used the patented detection approach, supporting the infringement claim.
08

Baseline Testing Software Vendor Sued Over Errors

A youth sports organization sued its concussion baseline-testing software vendor after a scoring algorithm error caused dozens of athletes to be improperly cleared to return to play following head impacts. We identified experts with experience in computerized neurocognitive testing systems, concussion return-to-play protocol standards, and sports medicine software validation. The expert's code audit identified a scoring threshold error introduced in a prior update, supporting the organization's claim.
09

Helmet Certification Body Sued Over Standard Lapse

An equipment manufacturer sued the industry certification body that approved its helmet design, alleging the body's testing protocol failed to evaluate rotational impact forces increasingly linked to traumatic brain injury. We identified experts with experience in helmet certification testing protocols, rotational impact biomechanics, and sports equipment standards governance. The expert's protocol review confirmed the standard omitted rotational testing despite available methodology, supporting the manufacturer's claim.
10

Clinical Data Breach Exposes TBI Registry Records

A multi-hospital research consortium sued its data hosting vendor after a security lapse exposed a shared traumatic brain injury patient registry used across several institutions' research programs, triggering notification obligations and remediation costs. We identified experts with experience in healthcare data security architecture, clinical research registry data governance, and breach cost and remediation damages. The expert traced the exposure to an unpatched server the vendor had flagged but not remediated, supporting the consortium's claim.

Here are a few of our favorite Traumatic Brain Injury Expert Witnesses:

Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Expert #14873

I have 10 years of experience in the field of psychiatry and neuropsychiatry, with specific knowledge of neuroimaging, psychopharmacology, and child psychiatry. I have published on such topics as child psychopharmocology, functional neuroimaging, and dementia.

 

Pennsylvania Traumatic Brain Injury Expert #19661

I have 17 years of experience and specialize in the field of neuroscience, with specific knowledge of cell injury, brain trauma and cell biology. I have published on such topics as treatment modalities for brain trauma, developing models of brain trauma and cellular mechanisms of brain trauma pathology.

 

Pennsylvania Traumatic Brain Injury Expert #21088

I have 15 years of experience, and specialize in the field of neurosurgery with specific knowledge in the areas of traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage and brain monitoring. I have published on such topics as traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage and brain oxygen. I have testified on subarachnoid hemorrhage, traumatic brain injury and brain function.

 

Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Expert #21813

I have 25 years of experience, and specialize in the field of clinical neuropsychology with specific knowledge in the areas of Spanish language assessments, dementia and multicultural assessment. I have published on such topics as multicultural competence, medicare and medicaid billing fraud and the neuropsychology of bilingualism. I have testified 10 times on topics such as brain injury, neuropsychological assessment and mental disorders.

 

California Traumatic Brain Injury Expert #27020

I have 32 years of experience, and specialize in the field of psychiatry with specific knowledge in the areas of traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. I have published on such topics as traumatic brain injury. I have testified 50 times on topics such as traumatic brain injury.

 

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New Jersey Autism, Traumatic Brain Injury Expert #28461

I have 14 years of experience and specialize in the field of autism, developmental disabilities, and traumatic brain injury, with specific knowledge of functional analysis, treatment development and severe problem behavior. I have published on such topics as self-restraint and self-injury, treatment integrity and other severe problem behaviors.

 

Massachusetts Traumatic Brain Injury Expert #32474

I have 30 years of experience and specialize in the field of traumatic brain injury (TBI), with specific knowledge of living with TBI. I have testified on TBI.

 

California Traumatic Brain Injury Expert #39087

I have 10 years of experience and specialize in the field of neurology, with specific knowledge of epilepsy, traumatic brain injury and coma. I have published on such topics as epilepsy, coma and Alzheimer’s disease. I have testified on traumatic brain injury. I have won teaching awards and I like to communicate difficult topics in the most simple ways.

 

Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury Expert #43526

I have 10 years of experience, and specialize in the field of neurology with specific knowledge in the areas of traumatic brain injury, concussion and stroke. I have published on such topics as acute stroke, vasculopathy and clinical stroke recovery. I have testified on guillain barre syndrome. I am the independent neurological consultant for concussion injuries for a major team in the National Football League.

 

Wisconsin Traumatic Brain Injury, Whiplash Expert #45029

I have 12 years of experience, and specialize in the field of injury biomechanics with specific knowledge in the areas of whiplash, spine mechanics and mild traumatic brain injury. I have published on such topics as gender differences in spine mechanics, repeated concussion and lumbar spine injuries during vertical deceleration. I have testified on the likelihood of thoracic spine injury during chiropractic manipulation. I have published 32 peer reviewed journal articles in my field in the past 5 years.

 

Traumatic Brain Injury Expert #52613

I have 15 years of experience and specialize in the field of family law (child & custody evaluations), personal injury (psycho-social assessment) and criminal law (gang expert) with specific knowledge in the areas of epidemiology (public health), mental health (individual and family casework) and traumatic brain injury. I have published on such topics as financial social work, traumatic acquired brain injury and concussion, and youth gang indicators, prevention, intervention and exiting. I have testified on psycho-social assessment, social-cultural assessment and gang expert analysis and behavior.

 

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Questions Attorneys Ask About Traumatic Brain Injury Expert Witnesses:

A TBI expert is warranted when coverage, liability, or damages depend on whether a brain injury occurred, its severity, or its cause. Common matters include insurance and reinsurance disputes, disability benefit litigation, product liability involving protective equipment, and claims involving sports organizations or institutional defendants.
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