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Obnoxious because the filmmaker elected to give the smart person a Northern accent, the dumb person a Southern accent.
Hilarious because the expert witness, who was paid $940 for his services, actually cannot do middle-school math.
Verbatim: Expert Witness
The “expert witness” in this case would not answer questions without his “formula sheets,” which were computer models used to reconstruct accidents. When asked to back up his work with basic calculations, he deflected, repeatedly derailing the proceedings. The lawyer’s questioning became increasingly specific, until the conflict revolved around two short words with very different meanings: “won’t” versus “can’t.”
The deposition is a warning for experts who rely heavily on technology. When it comes to expertise, knowing how to plug numbers into software is not a substitute for understanding the subject matter.
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3-3/16 in at a scale of 1 in = 20 ft would mean that the distance in question was 63.75 ft not 68 as the expert witness originally stated. Though this is a verbatim transcript, we don't know if he actually DID punch in the numbers correctly in the calculator and saw his error. If so, then he was covering for his error--not that he couldn't calculate it then and there. In any case, bad showing for an expert witness!
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