Maryland Wrongful Death Case
Qualifications
- NAME BUSINESS ADDRESS
- EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND
- CURRENT POSITION
- NUMBER OF YEARS ON THE FORCE
- BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON TRAINING
- BASIC TRAINING
- SPECIAL TRAINING IN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
- SPECIAL TRAINING IN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION
- HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE YOU INVESTIGATED
- TYPES OF ACCIDENTS YOU INVESTIGATE
- NUMBER OF YEARS IN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
- WHAT DEGREES, LICENSES, OR CERTIFICATIONS DO YOU HOLD
- HAVE YOU BEEN QUALIFIED TO TESTIFY IN THE FILED OF ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION BEFORE
- EXPLAIN WHAT AN AUTO ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION IS TO THE JURY
- HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE FILED OF ACCIDENT RECON
- WHO DO YOU DO THE FORENSIC WORK FOR
- CAN YOU BE HIRED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO DO AUTO ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTIONS?
- ARE ALL INVESTIGATING POLICE OFFICERS ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTIONISTS? HOW MANY IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND
- OFFER AS AN EXPERT IN AUTO ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION
- WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE FOR INVESTIGATING AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A DEATH
- WERE THOSE PROCEDURES FOLLOWED IN THIS CASE
Investigation of the Scene and the Accident
- WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT
- HOW WERE YOU NOTIFIED ABOUT THE ACCIDENT
- WHEN DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE SCENE
- WHERE DID THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN
- WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE SCENE
- DESCRIBE THE AREA AND ROADWAY
- DESCRIBE THE AREA
- WIDTH OF THE ROADWAY
- ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THE WEATHER
- HOW MANY LANES ANY INTERSECTIONS NEAR BY
- ANY OBSTRUCTIONS TO THE DRIVERS VIEWS OF THE AREA WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED
- WERE THERE ANY SKID MARKS IN THE ROADWAY
- WAS THERE ANY DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY
- WHERE WAS THE POINT OF IMPACT
- WHERE DID THE VEHICLES TRAVEL AFTER THE POI
- ANY DAMAGE TO THE ROADWAY
- ANY CURVES IN THE ROADWAY
- ANY HILLS IN THE ROADWAY
- WHAT IS THE SPEED LIMIT ON THAT ROAD
- WAS THERE ANY SKID MARKS IN THE ROADWAY
- WAS THERE ANY DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY
- WERE THERE ANY GAUGE MARKS IN THE ROADWAY
- DID YOU DO COEFFICIENT OR FRICTIONS STUDIES
- LIGHTING IN THE AREA
- WHAT WAS THE LIGHTING LIKE IN THE AREA WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED
- WERE THE VEHICLES LIGHTS ON
- WAS A LAB TEST DONE TO SEE IF LIGHTS WERE ON
Describe the Scene When You Got There
- WERE YOU ABLE TO LOCATE THE DRIVERS OF BOTH VEHICLES
- WERE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE DRIVERS
- WERE YOU ABLE TO SPEAK TO ANY WITNESSES
- THE DRIVER THAT WAS STILL THERE, WHAT WAS HIS VERSION OF WHAT HAPPENED
- DID YOU EXAMINE BOTH OF THE VEHICLES
- DESCRIBE THE VEHICLES AND THE DAMAGE THEY HAD FROM THE AUTO ACCIDENT
- WHERE DID BOTH THE VEHICLES COME TO REST
- HOW WERE THE VEHICLES REMOVED FROM THE SCENE
- WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIRECTIONS OF THE VEHICLES BEFORE IMPACT
- WHERE PICTURES TAKEN AND REVIEWED BY YOU
- WHERE MEASUREMENTS TAKEN
POINT OF IMPACT
- ARE YOU ABLE TO DETERMINE THE POINT OF IMPACT AFTER INVESTIGATING AN ACCIDENT
- WHAT DATA OR FACTS DO YOU USE TO MAKE THIS DETERMINATION
- WHAT ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES DO YOU USE
- DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION WITHIN A REASONABLE DEGREE OF ENGINEERING PROBABILITY AS TO THE POI
- WHAT IS YOUR OPINION AS TO THE POINT OF IMPACT
- SPEED OF THE DEFENDANT’S VEHICLE
- ARE YOU ABLE TO DETERMINE THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE UPON IMPACT AFTER INVESTIGATING AN ACCIDENT
- WHAT DATA OR FACTS DO YOU USE TO MAKE THIS DETERMINATION
- WHAT ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES ARE USED
COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION – ROAD SURFACE
ENERGY ABSORPTION OF THE VEHICLES
HOW FAR THE VEHICLES TRAVELED - DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION WITHIN A REASONABLE DEGREE OF ENGINEERING PROBABILITY AS TO THE SPEED OF THE DEFENDANT’S AUTOMOBILE
- WHAT IS YOUR OPINION AS TO THE SPEED THE DEFENDANT WAS TRAVELING BEFORE HE CROSSED OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES
- WHAT WAS HIS SPEED WHEN HE HIT THE BUS
WHY DID THIS ACCIDENT HAPPEN
DID YOU FILE AN ACCIDENT REPORT
WAS A FATAL ACCIDENT SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT DONE
WAS A BLOOD TEST DONE ON THE DEFENDANT
HOW WAS THE DEFENDANT FOUND
DISPOSITION OF THE DEFENDANT’S CASE
- Sample Trial Materials (including more attorney direct examinations)
- Sample Trial Transcripts (what happens in a car or truck accident trial)