Curriculum Vitae
EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND
- Gorski Consulting (London, Ontario), Accident Reconstruction Consultant, June1995 – Present.
Duties: Owner of Gorski Consulting. Specializing in accident reconstruction, computer simulation of motor vehicle accidents and assessments of occupant injury. Assessments of general accident reconstruction issues. Preparation of expert reports to insurance and legal clients. Provision of expert testimony in court.
- Walters Consulting Corporation (Kitchener/Toronto, Ontario), Accident Reconstruction Consultant, June 1990– May 1995.
Duties: Accident Reconstruction Consultant for forensic engineering firm. Examination, review, and analysis of motor vehicle accidents to establish grounds for liability assessment, determination of how occupants sustained their injuries, determination of injury fraud, establishment of collision severity and vehicle speeds. Assessments of seat-belt effectiveness. Assessments of visibility and perception/reaction. Assessments of roadway maintenance and safety defects. Assessment of general accident reconstruction issues. Preparation of expert reports, provision of expert testimony in court. Involved in approximately 250 cases, lead consultant in about 170 of those cases. Clients included all major insurance firms in Ontario. Also a small number of clients in other parts of Canada and U. S.
- University of Western Ontario Multi-Disciplinary Accident Research Team, Faculty of Engineering Science, London, Ontario, Accident Investigator, October 1980 – June 1990.
Duties: Conducting various research studies into mechanisms of occupant injury as part of contractual assignments from Transport Canada. Examinations of vehicles, collision sites, interview of vehicle occupants, gathering of police and medical information. Analysis of photographs, drawings, data, and other sources to establish how injury was caused. Use of various coding schemes including Occupant Injury Classification, Abbreviated Injury Scale, and Collision Deformation Classification. Use of computer accident reconstruction and simulation programs (EDCRASH, EDSMAC, CRASH3). Representative for Transport Canada in local safety issues. Preparation of visual presentations to various groups. Preparation of scientific research papers and presentation at conferences throughout North America. Liaise with Transport Canada investigators at annual meetings throughout Canada.
- Collision Analysis & Reconstruction (London, Ontario), Consultant/Owner, May 1987 – June1990.
Duties: Owner of part-time consulting business. Provision of expert analysis of motor vehicle collisions to private sector insurance companies and lawyers. Handled approximately 35 cases in three years of operation.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- Full Accreditation as a Traffic Accident, Accredited by Accreditation Commission For Traffic Accident Reconstruction, Since February 27, 1994. Registration Number 312.
- Society of Automotive Engineers, Affiliate Member, 1982
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Member, 1992
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 1979
OTHER COURSES
- Occupational Health & Safety, Fall, 1980, Fanshawe College, London, Ontario
- Accident Reconstruction Workshop, Presented by Raymond McHenry, February 24 – 26, 1981; MGA Research Corporation; Transport Canada Team Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario
- Transport Canada Skid School, May 1985, Transport Canada Test Centre, Blainville, Quebec
- Advanced Accident Investigation, April 1984, Institute of Police Traffic Management, University of North Florida, Jacksonville
- Examination for Qualification as Traffic Accident Reconstructionist, ACTAR; Examination
written in Dearborn, Michigan site, February 1994
- EDCRASH Computer Accident Reconstruction Course, November 7 – 11, 1994, University of Miami, Florida; Engineering Dynamics Corporation
- World Reconstruction Exposition (WREX), Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, September 24 – 9, 2000
- CATAIR Seminar: “Estimating Driver Perception &Response Times: Day & Nighttime Solutions, ” December 4, 2002, Oshawa
- M-SMAC Computer Accident Simulation Program – Course Provided by McHenry Consultants, Cary, North Carolina, April 14 – 16, 2003
- Crash Data Retrieval System, Operator’s Certification Courses, May 24 – 25, 2003, Newmarket, Ontario & May 16 – 18, 2005, Toronto, Ontario
- Attendance (annually since 1981) at Society Of Automotive Engineers Annual Congress, Accident Reconstruction & Safety Technology Seminars, Detroit, Michigan
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Accepted in the courts of Ontario as an expert witness in issues of injury causation, seat-belt issues, collision severity, speed estimates, roadway design and signage, computer simulation, and general accident reconstruction
- Documentation and analysis of more than 1200 investigations
- Seat-belt wearing evidence determination, examination, and analysis
- Occupant Injury: restraint effects, injury patterns, low speed soft tissue injuries, injury source
- Vehicle speed assessments, collision severity
- Vehicle crash-worthiness
- Perception-reaction and visibility assessments
- In-depth reconstruction using physical evidence
- Licensed Ontario in-vehicle driving instructor, June 2001
- Certified by Vetronix Corporation as Crash Data Retrieval Operator, May 2003 & 2005; attendance at Crash Data Retrieval User’s Conference, Dallas, Texas, Feb. 13 & 14, 2006
RESEARCH STUDIES (University of Western Ontario)
- Multi-Disciplinary Accident Investigation Program, 650passenger car investigations completed
- Motor Vehicle Defect Investigation Program, approximately 150 – 200investigations of defect complaints completed
- Light Truck and Van Collision Investigation Program, 236 investigations completed
- Child Restraint Study, 100 investigations completed
- Fully-Restrained Occupant Study II, 15 cases completed
LECTURER
- Traffic Supervisors Course
Ontario Police College, 1981 – 1986
- Traffic Law and Collision Investigation Course
Ontario Police College, 1985 – 1989
- Advanced Accident Investigation Course
Ontario Police College, 1985 – 1989
- Motor Vehicle Occupant Restraint Systems
Somerville House, University of Western Ontario, November 27, 1986
- An Introduction to Collision Investigation and Reconstruction Techniques
Spencer Hall, University of Western Ontario, July 17 – 23, 1987
- Senior Identification Course
Ontario Police College, 1987
- Accident Investigation Workshop
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, December 12 –15, 1988
- Numerous presentations to insurance groups and private associations on Accident Reconstruction and Motor Vehicle Safety Research
AUTHOR PUBLISHED RESEARCH PAPERS
- Gorski, Z. M. ; German, A. ; Nowak, E. S. ; Collision Reconstruction Techniques: Vehicle Damage Analysis; Proceedings of the Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference IV; May 1985; Montreal, Quebec.
- Gorski, Z. M. ; German, A. ; Nowak, E. S. ; Video Collision Reconstruction Using Physical Evidence; Proceedings of the 66th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board; January 1987; Washington, D. C.
- Gorski, Z. M. ; German, A. ; Nowak, E. S. ; Examination and Analysis of Seat-belt Loading Marks; 40th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; February 1988; Published in Journal of Forensic Science, January 1990.
- Gorski, Z. M. ; Nowak, E. S. ; Practical Problems Related to Side Impact Field Data Accuracy and Its Importance to Side Impact Protection Assessments; Society of Automotive Engineers; Proceedings: Side Impact Occupant Protection Technologies, SP-851; February 1991.
- Gorski, Z. M. Articles published in “Without Prejudice, ”Ontario Insurance Adjusters magazine, “Missing Police Information In Accident Reconstruction” (June 1999); “Automotive Crash Data Recorders In Accident Reconstruction” (April 2001); “Intersection Collisions: Interview And Discovery Procedures For Accident Reconstruction” (November 2004).
CO-AUTHOR PUBLISHED RESEARCH PAPERS
- Green, R. N. ; German, A. ; Gorski, Z. M. ; Nowak, E. S. ; Tryphonopoulos, J. P. ; Improper Use of Occupant Restraints; Case Studies from Real-World Collisions; Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine; October 6 – 8, 1986; Montreal, Quebec.
- German, A. ; Gorski, Z. M. ; Green, R. N. , Nowak, E. S. ; Case Studies of Severe Frontal Collisions Involving Fully-Restrained Occupants; Proc. of the 31st AAAM Conference; September 1987.
- Green, R. N. , German, A. , Gorski, Z. M. , Nowak, E. S. , Dance, D. M. ; Abdominal Injuries Associated with the Use of Rear-Seat Lap Belts in Real-World Collisions; Proceedings of the International IRCOBI Conference; Birmingham, England; September 1987.
- Green, R. N. , German, A. , Gorski, Z. M. , Nowak, E. S. , Dance, D. M. ; Misuse of Three Point Occupant Restraints in Real-World Collisions; Proceedings of the International IRCOBI Conference; Birmingham, England; September 1987.
- Nowak, E. S. , German, A. , Gorski, Z. M. , Green, R. N. ; Side Impacts: Test Crashes and Real-World Collisions; Twelfth International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles; May 29– June 1, 1989; Goteborg, Sweden.
- German, A. , Gorski, Z. M. , Green, R. N. , Nowak, E. S. , PCS– The First Two Years of a Passenger Car Study in Southwestern Ontario; Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference V, June 1 – 3, 1987, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- Green, R. N. ; German, A. ; Gorski, Z. M. ; Nowak, E. S. ; Tryphonopoulos, J. P. ; Unsatisfactory Roadside Barrier System Performance in Real-World Collisions: Lessons to be Learned; Society of Automotive Engineers; From Proceeding P-194, Vehicle Highway Infrastructure: Safety Compatibility; SAE International Congress & Exposition; Detroit, Michigan, February23 –27, 1987.
- Nowak, R. S. , Nowak, E. S. , German, A. , Gorski, Z. M. ; The Effect of Restitution on Central Motor Vehicle Collisions; Details Unavailable; 1988.
UNPUBLISHED PAPERS & ARTICLES
- Gorski, Z. M. ; Collision Reconstruction Techniques: In-depth Vehicle Damage Analysis; Ontario Police College Lecture Notes; June 1984.
- Gorski, Z. M. ; Identification of Rotation Direction Through Examination of Damage Patterns in Head-on Collisions; Ontario Police College Lecture Notes; April 1986.
- Gorski, Z. M. ; An Examination of Physical Evidence in Head-on Collisions; Ontario Police College Lecture Notes; October 1986.
- Gorski, Z. M. ; An Examination of Physical Evidence in Ninety Degree Angle Collisions; Ontario Police College Lecture Notes; January 1987.
- Gorski, Z. M. ; Identification of Cause in Highway Speed Loss of Control Collisions; Vehicle Investigators’ Newsletter (VIN), January 1987.
- Gorski, Z. M. ; Detailed Measurement of Collision Scene Evidence and its Value in Collision Reconstruction; April, 1987.
- Gorski, Z. M. ; German, A. ; Nowak, E. S. ; A Preliminary Examination of Factors Affecting the Location of Seat Belt Loading Marks; 15th International Forum on Traffic Records Systems; El Paso, Texas; July24 – 27, 1989.
- Gorski, Z. M. ; Identification, Measurement, and Analysis of Vehicle Physical Evidence in a Real World Side Impact Collision; March1990.
- Gorski, Z. M. ; Reconstruction of a Real-World, Side Impact Collision Using Physical Evidence; March 1990.
- Gorski, Z. M. ; Methodology for Mapping Evidence on Collision-Involved Vehicles; 44th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, February 1992.
- Gorski, Z. M. ; Vehicle Travel Directions in Collisions Derived From In-Depth Damage Analysis; 44th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, February 1992.
- Gorski, Z. M. ; Error in Estimation of Vehicle Crush and Collision Severity from Visual Inspection of Photographs; 49th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New York City, New York, February 17 – 22, 1997.
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