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Use a separate cloud for work files - OneDrive, Dropbox, etc. and have these on your external drive to work from - which
is backed up on Carbonite. This redundancy works!

Last Tip - keep all your drives when you replace them. Some files will not copy, and some may be corrupted when
replacing a drive. We label all our drives by start and end dates. For individual case archives if needed - consider a
flashdrive in a fireproof safe for each case. These are cheap by bulk. Save and protect your data!

Agency Information & Principals' CVs - Expert Analysis / Consultations
Current information on our primary agency website for services, forms, and CVs.
-- Your Investigators - www.DeathCaseReview.com/Principals-Bios
-- Dean's CV - http://dab-cv.DeathCaseReview.com (updated March 2024)
-- Karen's CV - http://ksb-cv.DeathCaseReview.com (updated March 2024)

We bridge the crime scene and autopsy with Expert Medicolegal Consultations in Civil, Criminal
and Insurance Interpleader litigation, as well as Family Questioned Deaths. Forensic and
Medicolegal Death Investigations reviewing and analyzing "the totality of the circumstances of
the fatal or non-fatal event and the competency of the official investigation, with respect to
death investigation protocol and standards."

This 3-minute video will show you, “How we can help you and your clients – today!” - https://youtu.be/7auubrNZYb4

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June Commentary: Death and Serious Bodily Injury Investigations
This month we briefly share our passion for death and Serious Bodily Injury (SBI) investigations –
from criminal defense to civil wrongful deaths, and insurance benefit appeals to family questioned
deaths. Of importance, is the relationship of SBI investigations to death investigations.

In civil and criminal litigation, events of SBI are more common than deaths. Understanding the
process of death investigations will give the legal investigator a better process to cases involving
SBI. These include everything from motor vehicle collisions to aggravated assaults. Fractions of an
inch, or immediate medical intervention, may be what separates an event resulting in death from one resulting in a SBI.

In civil and criminal events, it is common to see violent deaths, sudden or unexpected deaths, unattended deaths, and
in-custody deaths – or any of these involving a serious bodily injury (SBI) – fatal and non-fatal events. These are serious
incidents that may result in serious criminal charges or be a cause of action in a civil or administrative action. Fractions
of an inch or an alteration in an event, or series of events, may be the only difference between a serious bodily injury or
death. Therefore, death investigation is not limited to homicide – an assault is a personal injury that requires similar
investigative principles. Any component of death investigation can be applied to serious bodily injury investigation –
from the chain of events leading to the injury and/or death, to the mechanisms of injury or death.
• Criminal Defense – homicide, assault, sexual assault and abuse
• Civil – motor vehicle collisions, nursing home abuse, and other personal injury & death
• Probate – Time of Death, Manner of Death for insurance
• Administrative – Worker Compensation, OSHA Hearings
• Insurance Benefits Appeals – insurance companies determine if benefits are payable, especially double indemnity
Accidental Death & Dismemberment claims, based solely on the death certificate, autopsy or medical reports, and
law enforcement reports. They rarely request and review photographs – and even more rarely send these to their
“independent” medical expert – usually an internal medicine MD or DO who has never determined Cause and
Manner of Death outside their own patients.

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