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3D Demonstrative Evidence in Personal Injury Trials: Leveraging New Technology and Navigating Admissibility

Ensuring Objectivity and Accuracy of Accident and Scene Reconstruction in Trucking, Auto, and Premises Liability Cases

A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

1:00pm-2:30pm EDT, 10:00am-11:30am PDT

Early Registration Discount Deadline, Friday, May 23, 2025

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This CLE webinar will discuss best practices for creating and using 3D accident and scene reconstruction models and the implications on admissibility in federal court of new Federal Rule of Evidence 107 and the amendments to FRE 702.

Description

Scene and accident reconstruction are vital in many types of personal injury cases such as trucking and auto cases as well as premises liability. New technologies and the decrease in the cost of using them now allow litigants to easily and economically create realistic 3D models and visuals that let judges and jurors experience relevant evidence and the scene of accidents and injuries.

At the same time, there is an increased insistence on objectivity and accuracy when these kinds of demonstrations are used. Amended FRE 702 requires trial judges to act as the gatekeeper of expert testimony and methodologies, and new FRE 107 requires distinguishing between inadmissible illustrative aids and admissible demonstrative evidence the jury can take to deliberations. Even in state courts with more lenient admissibility standards, counsel should be able to substantiate the reliability of its experts and its trial aids.

Listen as this panel of attorneys and consultants offers best practices for creating and using 3D models in federal or state court and for strengthening or weakening an expert's opinion.

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Outline

  1. Overview of 3D technologies and use cases
  2. Evidentiary issues related to 3D technology
    1. Federal court
      1. Amended FRE 702
      2. New FRE 107
    2. State court issues
  3. Practical tips for examination and cross-examination of modelers and accident reconstruction experts

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • How can counsel ensure and/or test whether a 3D demonstration has created a standardized and objective representation of the environment in question?
  • Who can create 3D demonstrations? What credentials are necessary?
  • Should demonstrations be from an aerial perspective or from the perspective of the actual participants?

Faculty

O'Hare, Gavin
Gavin D. O'Hare
Director of Business Development
CED Technologies Inc.

Mr. O'Hare is the Director of Business Development at CED Technologies Inc. 

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