The impact produced significant cervical trauma, including C3–C7 disc bulges and right upper-extremity radiculopathy. The resulting nerve compression led to ongoing pain, weakness, and loss of range of motion.

The MotionLit presentation depicts the unsafe condition and resulting mechanism of injury, showing how inadequate maintenance and inspection of the ceiling fixture directly caused both the falling-object event and the spinal pathology that followed.

To clarify the relationship between hazard and injury, MotionLit produced both an Accident Reconstruction and a Mechanism of Injury Animation.

• The Reconstruction Animation shows the ceiling structure, fixture design, and failure sequence that led to detachment, highlighting the foreseeable nature of the hazard and the lack of preventative maintenance.
• The MOI Animation then visualizes the precise moment of impact and the internal biomechanics — the compressive forces through the cervical spine, the resulting disc bulges, and the nerve impingement correlating to the plaintiff’s medical imaging.

Together, these visuals deliver a cohesive demonstration of how negligence in maintenance produced a direct, measurable injury, uniting structural evidence with medical science in a single presentation.

The animations were used to support expert opinions during witness testimony, helping illustrate liability and causation. By integrating technical data, witness accounts, and medical imaging, the visuals provided a clear framework for understanding how the hazard led to injury, giving counsel the tools needed to effectively present liability and causation during trial.

Learn how MotionLit Accident Reconstruction and Mechanism of Injury Animations provide accurate, data-driven visuals that clarify causation and strengthen your case presentations for mediation, settlement, and trial.
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