While Kate Sandberg was preoccupied with concluding the Synchromotive case, one of her junior associates, Tim Decker, was assigned to handle another case that was approaching trial. The case involved an automobile collision at an intersection controlled by a traffic light. The facts of the collision were disputed, and winning the case depended on the timing and relative positions of the various

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cars involved. Tim needed to be able to show the jury the sequence of events in the collision so they could understand his client's version of the case. However, the trial was only three days away, and there were no videos or any other images of the collision. How can Tim effectively demonstrate for the jury how the collision occurred? What tools are available to him?

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Tim could use software such as Smart Draw to quickly create a reconstruction of the accident. Smart Draw provides many templates and icons showing various types of intersections. The templates can be modified by dragging and dropping vehicle icons into the template. He could create a series of images showing the sequence of events, and the positions of the vehicles at each moment in the accident. The images can then be exported to PowerPoint to create a seamless presentation.