Could they have seen it? Many cases turn on that question. We build scene-matched 3D reconstructions and interactive tools that let a mediator, judge, or jury test the answer from a measured position. Each one illustrates your expert's opinion.
Top-down view with a cone of sight. The staff member can be placed anywhere.
A video shows one vantage point. An interactive tool lets anyone in the room move the viewer and look for themselves.
In CR-2024-001, the tool let anyone at the mediation move the staff member around the room and look for a spot where both rooms could be adequately supervised. There wasn't one.
The mediator cited the tool as a key factor in an $8 million settlement.
Read the case →Could staff see the student from where they stood?
Was the view blocked, and for how long?
When could the driver first have seen them?
What does low sun do to a driver's or a camera's view?
An open doorway on a floor plan suggests one answer. Tinted glass, glare from a low sun, reflections, and the light at that hour can suggest another. An exhibit that leaves them out can miss what actually decided the question.
We model the conditions your expert identifies, so the exhibit illustrates the view under those conditions, not an idealized one.
We begin with the opinion the exhibit has to illustrate and the expert who will sponsor it.
Lidar scans and survey data rebuild the space at exact dimensions. Photogrammetry captures surface and lighting detail. If the scene has changed, we work from records of how it was.
Eye height, position, and field of view come from measurements and testimony in the record, not from a convenient camera angle.
Lighting, sun position for the date and time, glass tint, glare, and obstructions, each set to the values your expert specifies.
Every input is logged and handed to the sponsoring expert to review and sign off. You get the video or interactive tool, stills, and a walkthrough of how to use it with a live demo, a recording, or a written guide.
In California, an animation that illustrates an expert's opinion is demonstrative evidence. Courts admit it when it accurately depicts that opinion and is a fair and accurate representation of the evidence (People v. Duenas, 2012; People v. Caro, 2019).
We build to that standard. The expert's opinion drives the exhibit, and every input traces back to the record.
Admissibility rules vary by court and by judge, and your trial team makes that call.How courts treat demonstrative evidence →
Before the site inspection if you can. Hedges get trimmed, glass gets replaced, furniture moves. An early scan preserves the scene. We have also delivered on short timelines ahead of an expert deadline or mediation.
Your expert sponsors the opinion. We document how the exhibit was built, input by input, so foundation questions have answers.
No exhibit is guaranteed. We build to the Duenas and Caro standard and give you the data log, viewpoint sources, and sign-off record to argue foundation.
Site photos, measurements or access for a scan, testimony on where people stood, your expert's opinion, and the dates and times at issue.
It depends on scope: how much of the scene is scanned, how many viewpoints, and video or interactive. After a brief call, we'll give you a defined scope and a quote.
Both.
Tell us about the case and what the mediator or jury needs to understand. If we can help, we'll say so directly. If not, we'll refer you to someone who can.
Some matters resolved under confidential terms, so specific figures are not listed. Results depend on case-specific facts and do not predict future outcomes.