Front Cover; Engineering Standards for Forensic Application; Engineering Standards for Forensic Application; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Biography; Preface; Acknowledgment; I -- Fundamentals; 1 -- Case Studies in Engineering Evidence; TWO INITIAL DEFINITIONS; INTRODUCTION; ORTHOTROPIC MATERIALS; DEFINITIONS OF THE TERMS IN EVIDENCE; QUALIFYING AN ENGINEERING EXPERT; The Federal Judicial Center's Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Second Edition; The Role of the "Daubert Factors"; The Role Real-World Experience Plays in the Admissibility of Engineering Testimony
Weisgram v. Marley CompanyFoundation; TYPES OF EVIDENCE; Substantive Evidence; Demonstrative Evidence; EVIDENCE USED AS THE BASIS OF OPINION BY AN EXPERT; A PRIMA FACIE CASE; HEARSAY; Comment; CASE STUDIES; CASE STUDY: THE TESTIMONY OF A WITNESS TO A SEMI/CAR ACCIDENT; Comment; CASE STUDY: THE ALLEGED TRIP AND FALL OF AN ELDERLY PERSON; CASE STUDY: THE ELECTRIC SHOCK OF A WORKMAN; CASE STUDY: THE FAILURE OF A WELD IN A PRESSURE VESSEL; CASE STUDY: SURVEILLANCE TAPE EVIDENCE; CASE STUDY: A JACK FAILURE; CASE STUDY: AN ELECTRICAL FIRE; CASE STUDY: AN AUTOMOTIVE FIRE
CASE STUDY: A NATURAL GAS EXPLOSIONComment; Final Comment; CASE STUDY: THE FALL OF A CHILD FROM A CHAIR; Comment; CASE STUDY: A PARASAILING ACCIDENT; CASE STUDY: EVIDENCE OF BULLET HOLE SEQUENCE; Comment; CASE STUDY: INJURY FROM A CLOSING ELEVATOR DOOR; CASE STUDY: WHO WAS DRIVING?; 2 -- Assessing Methodology of Engineering Experts; INTRODUCTION; QUALIFICATION OF AN EXPERT WITNESS; ISSUES FOR FORENSIC ENGINEERING EXPERT TESTIMONY; FALSIFIABILITY AND TESTABILITY OF THE UNDERLYING THEORY OR TECHNIQUE; ERROR RATE; GENERAL ACCEPTANCE AND PEER REVIEW; CONCLUSION
3 -- The Breadth of Engineering StandardsINTRODUCTION; Comment; DEFINITIONS; Code; Regulation; Standard; Safety Codes; Interpretation; Engineering Canon; GENERAL ADMISSIBILITY OF STANDARDS; Admissibility of Industry Standards to Show Acceptable Standards of Care; Admission of Standards into Evidence; Comment; Comment; STANDARDS AS THE BASIS OF AN EXPERT'S OPINION; STANDARDS AS BASIS FOR FINDING NO LIABILITY; ENGINEERING COMMENT; CHALLENGING THE SUFFICIENCY OF AN STANDARD; STANDARDS USED TO ESTABLISH AN EXPRESS WARRANTY; DISCUSSION; 4 -- Forensic Engineering Standards Seminars and Legal
CHAPTER INITIATIVESAN INTRODUCTION TO TWO SEMINAR TYPES; AN EXAMPLE USING WIITALA VERSUS FORD4; Evidence; The Key Evidence in Wiitala Versus FORD; The Record as Interpreted for a Forensic Engineering Seminar; Comment; The Record as Interpreted for a Litigator Seminar; Comment; FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 209 AND THE TWO SEMINAR TYPES12; Comment; Disclaimer; Comment; A COMPARISON OF MATERIALS FOR FORENSIC ENGINEERING AND LEGAL SEMINARS13; The Forensic Engineering Seminar; Comment; Comment; FMVSS 571.209: POSSIBLE MATERIALS FOR A LITIGATOR'S SEMINAR
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SOME ISSUES IMPACTING A LEGAL SEMINAR USING WIITALA
