Tips for requesting and reviewing medical records

Medical records should document many aspects of your client’s treatment. Knowing what to ask for and who has it can influence the outcome of the case

Janabeth Fleming Taylor

From Issue: 2008 October

The price of admission

The Business Records Exception

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2012 March

The exhibit’s the thing

A practical guide to organizing your exhibits

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2015 October

The danger of exposure to the Internet

Care must be taken when presenting computer data in court to make sure alteration has not taken place through exposure to the Internet

Mike Cherry
Edward J. Imwinkelried

From Issue: 2008 January

The California Supreme Court’s new limitation on an expert’s ability to rely on hearsay evidence

People v. Sanchez created new and significant challenges to dealing with hearsay evidence

Andrew Johnson

From Issue: 2017 April

Roadway and vehicle evidence in rollover collisions

Reconstructing a rollover includes examining physical evidence on the roadway and the vehicle. Here’s a detailed roadmap to examining that evidence

Kurt D. Weiss

From Issue: 2016 October

The San Francisco Zoo tiger escape and attack

3D visualization is used to reconstruct the escape and attack

Alex Bevan
Jorge Mendoza

From Issue: 2009 September

The map is not the territory

Why it is so very important that you personally go to the accident scene

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2013 July

The deluge of digital evidence

Video and audio evidence and what to consider in a rapidly changing landscape

Michael D. Schwartz

From Issue: 2019 July

The case of the runaway truck

How demonstrative evidence was used to build the case against the MTA when its bus was struck by a runaway truck

Geoff Wells

From Issue: 2022 February

Surveillance-camera video in traffic-collision reconstruction

Surveillance cameras are everywhere in commerical districts, and their video can be useful when accidents occur in nearby traffic lanes – but act fast!

Kurt D. Weiss

From Issue: 2016 May

Reporting for duty

Track down all the incident reports, videos and maybe even a witness to better understand what happened

Stephen Ellison

From Issue: 2016 October