Litigation

Trial Presentation Tip of the Day

The auto tort case I tried involved a car accident involving a car that pulled out of a gas station and hit our client.  At trial, the Defendant claimed the car must have been coming so fast that he could not have seen the Plaintiff coming.  I think I showed through the Defendant's illogical time/speed/distance estimations that the accident did not happen as he suggested. 

But some jurors told me after the trial that the Google Earth images I used at trial were very helpful in demonstrating how the Defendant's story was not plausable.   It is funny, years ago before Google Earth was availabile I remember auto accident lawyers paying for overhead photographs of car accident scenes.   Now they are easily available yet no one uses them.

Jurors appreciate the clarity that overhead pictures provide and you get credit with them for being the lawyer that provided it to them.   It is worth the 10 minute investment.  

Full post as published by Trial Lawyer Resource Center on May 13, 2008 (boomark / email).