Expert Witness Services
What I Can do for Your Case
An animal injury and dog bite expert can support your case by:
- Evaluating and often video-recording the animal and owner for jury presentation
- Working with medical experts to evaluate the extent of the injury as it relates to the dog’s motivation and response to cause harm
- Determining through interviewing the owners, neighbors, persons who have observed the dog, etc. as to what training, or lack thereof, may have been completed
- Evaluation – direct evidence of the seriousness of the attack and the dog’s intention to do harm
The expert can also provide testimony on essential areas such as:
- Provocation
- Proprietor or landlord’s knowledge of dangerous predisposition
- Dog’s prior history of maladaptive and dysfunctional behavior
- Owner negligence
- Appropriate containment of the animal
- Correct handling of the dog
- Dynamics of the attack
The expert can assist in areas of litigation including:
- Preparing in-depth deposition questions
- Securing evidence
- Impeachment of opposing expert
- Neutralizing false claims made by opposing council
- Interviews, investigation, inspection
- Revealing weaknesses in opposing council arguments
- Writing a detailed brief to the court including investigation findings, temperament testing (if possible), and professional evidence-based opinion