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I have a situation wherein a 235pound 30 year old man claims that he was in an elevator at our company and that the elevator free-fell 2 stories and injured his knee.
However, the man is claiming that his total injury is a bruise (but he wants a lot of money from us). I'm having a hard time believeing he would not have been more hurt if this happened the way he says it did and thus I question his entire story. I wnat to be able to go to my boss with some science to justify spending more money to fight this claim - if I'm wrong i just assume find out here.
Can someone help me out with determining how fast this guy would have been falling in miles per hour or even feet per second.
I am merely an associate lawyer and I'm really having a hard time converting meters per second into miles per hour and I know the 235 pound is relevant to how hard he would hit, but I'm not sure how it works into the equation and I need to be able to explain this in terms that my boss will understand. I'm figuring two stories is about 20-25 feet (right?).
Please forgive my ignorance and thank you for your assistance.
Red
However, the man is claiming that his total injury is a bruise (but he wants a lot of money from us). I'm having a hard time believeing he would not have been more hurt if this happened the way he says it did and thus I question his entire story. I wnat to be able to go to my boss with some science to justify spending more money to fight this claim - if I'm wrong i just assume find out here.
Can someone help me out with determining how fast this guy would have been falling in miles per hour or even feet per second.
I am merely an associate lawyer and I'm really having a hard time converting meters per second into miles per hour and I know the 235 pound is relevant to how hard he would hit, but I'm not sure how it works into the equation and I need to be able to explain this in terms that my boss will understand. I'm figuring two stories is about 20-25 feet (right?).
Please forgive my ignorance and thank you for your assistance.
Red