CompuServe Messages

Gregory, Did you mean to send your message to me? I'm not the one with the case, its Paul Kakert. I only do forensic animation and I'm a professional expert witness in the field of crime scene reconstruction. I'm well aware of the games played by attorneys. I generally agree with all you've said except that I can't see how an attorney can get an animation "favorable" to his side admitted without an expert to lay the legal foundation. An "artist" (animator) could not qualify to testify on the dynamics of vehicle collisions. Also both sides in a civil action are required to disclose the evidentiary materials they plan to use in trial — it is not something that a judge "could" order; it is standard practice and it would be very, very difficult if not impossible to gain admission of an evidentiary item without prior disclosure. Alec Jason