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Review of Case Materials
Reviews records, documents, testimony, data, and other relevant materials and consults with counsel regarding technical issues related to the matter.
Provide Expert Analysis
Applies specialized knowledge and experience to evaluate the technical or professional issues involved.
Form Expert Opinions
Develops independent, supportable opinions based on the available evidence and relevant standards.
Prepare Expert Reports
Prepares clear, well-supported expert reports outlining methodology, analysis, findings, and opinions.
Provide Deposition Testimony
Explains findings and opinions under oath and responds to questioning during deposition testimony.
Testify in Court
Presents specialized findings and opinions clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, or other decision-makers.
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Drowning is evaluated by considering the circumstances of the death together with autopsy findings, toxicology results, medical history, witness information, and evidence of injury or disease. No single autopsy finding is considered definitive for drowning, so a forensic pathologist generally evaluates the overall pattern of findings and excludes other plausible causes of death.
An unwitnessed drowning may be reconstructed using surveillance footage, photographs, witness statements, emergency communications, rescue records, the location and circumstances in which the person was found, and relevant medical findings. Phone, access, or other time-stamped records may also help establish the person's last known activities and narrow the probable timing and sequence of events.
Injuries following a nonfatal drowning may be evaluated using resuscitation records, oxygenation data, neurologic examinations, imaging, intensive care records, and rehabilitation documentation. These records can help establish the severity of respiratory and neurologic injury, the treatment required, and the person's subsequent recovery or lasting impairments.
