Wrongful death – auto accident

 

Continued from Litigation Media – Portfolio


Summary: Technical analysis and visualization design services to help the firm prevail in trial regarding the wrongful actions that led to an auto accident

Client: Marks & Harrison, one of Virginia’s largest personal injury law firms

Result: The insurance company representing the driver defendant settled the case before trial


Contents

(1) Background

(2) The plaintiff’s law firm retained me

(3) The result

(4) The presentation I created


(1) Background

A young couple was traveling in a compact car along an unmarked two-lane road in Central Virginia when a pickup truck headed in the opposite direction turned directly in front of them.  The driver of the car suffered serious injuries; the passenger, his girlfriend, was killed.


(2) I was retained by the law firm representing the victim’s family

Marks & Harrison, one of Virginia’s largest personal injury law firms, retained me to consult on, design and produce a courtroom presentation depicting how, where and why this accident occurred.  Key features of presentation:

  • A satellite view of the overall scene, with graphic overlays depicting the roadway, the original position & direction of the vehicles, and the accident scene.
  • An overhead view-graphic of the vehicles as they approached each other, with photo-inserts showing an approximation of each driver’s view of the other at this key moment in time.
  • A series of zoomed-in, overhead view-graphics, showing the positioning of each vehicle before, during and after impact, as evidenced by the gouge marks left in the roadway by the victims’ vehicle.
  • A series of graphically-accented photos, validating the gouge marks left by the victims’ vehicle, and that the impact occurred on its side of the roadway

(3) The result

With the aid of the presentation I developed (below), Marks & Harrison was able to obtain a pre-trial settlement from the defendant’s insurance carrier.


(4) The presentation I created

NOTE: Many of these graphic frames do not contain titles or sequential numbering, as in most other presentations on this site. This was per the client’s request.

(1) A satellite view of the overall scene, with graphic overlays depicting the roadway, the original position & direction of the vehicles, and the accident scene:

(2) A series of zoomed-in, overhead view-graphics, showing the positioning of each vehicle before, during and after impact, as evidenced by the gouge marks left in the roadway by the victims’ vehicle:


(3) An overhead view-graphic of the vehicles as they approached each other, with photo-inserts showing an approximation of each driver’s view of the other at this key moment in time


(4) A series of graphically-accented photos, validating the gouge marks left by the victims’ vehicle, and that the impact occurred on its side of the roadway

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