Gorman v. Hunt

KELLER, Justice.

I. ISSUE

This pedestrian-motor vehicle accident case presents one primary issue. During his testimony, Dr. Smock, an expert witness for the driver Hunt, was allowed by the trial court, over the pedestrian Gor-man’s objection, to use posed photographs showing Gorman’s position relative to Hunt’s vehicle immediately prior to and at the time of the accident. The photographs illustrated Dr. Smock’s opinion of how the accident occurred but were inconsistent with Gorman’s version. Was it error for the trial court to allow the posed photographs to be used by Dr. Smock? Because we find…