Don't forget, it is chiefly the insurance industry, in addition to some help from manufacturers, who have funded the studies which have reported injuries to crash test volunteers at crash speeds well below the threshold of damage to the cars. Most of them, after all, have been in fender benders in which no injuries resulted, and it wins cases for them more often than it loses. Unless, that is, the plaintiff's experts or lawyers know the literature and the facts. Ironically, when damage does result, the defense turns full circle, arguing that all of the energy of the collision would have been dissipated by the crushing vehicle. They know how it works, this plastic vs. elastic argument, and use it with just a pinch of truth whenever it becomes expedient.
Partial truths are always useful, it seems, in the service of lies.
More and more law firms simply turn these cases away. Those are pretty easy compared to a soft tissue case. And I've heard attorneys chafe when I all but refer to them as cowards. I've certainly been involved in cases that settle for somewhat more than chicken feed myself - entirely soft tissue cases, mind you. No, it does no good to blame jurors.