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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
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A suitably qualified athletics expert can compare athletic-department policies, assigned responsibilities, staffing, supervision procedures, event plans, training records, facility-inspection practices, healthcare arrangements, and incident documentation with what actually occurred. The NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook provides current considerations for developing and reviewing policies and procedures for athletics health care, but such guidance should not automatically be treated as controlling law or a universal standard of care; applicability depends on the organization, level of competition, jurisdiction, and issues presented.
A suitably qualified athletics expert may examine whether an emergency action plan existed, whether it addressed the particular venue, who had assigned response roles, how emergency medical services would be activated, what equipment was available, and whether personnel were trained or rehearsed in the plan. Athletic emergency-planning guidance from NATA recommends venue-specific plans that identify communication procedures, responder responsibilities, emergency equipment, facility information, and coordination with local EMS.
A suitably qualified athletics expert can reconstruct the program-side circumstances surrounding the event, including supervision, scheduling, facility readiness, applicable policies, equipment availability, warnings or prior reports, emergency procedures, and administrative response. The analysis can compare the athletics organization's documented policies and records with evidence of what occurred operationally. Detailed reconstruction of physical accident mechanics, athletic-injury causation, biomechanics, or medical consequences may require Accident Investigation, Sports Injury, biomechanics, or medical expertise.
Useful materials may include athletics policies and procedure manuals, organizational charts, staff assignments, practice and competition schedules, participant rosters, supervision records, training documentation, emergency action plans, facility-inspection records, field or court maintenance records, equipment-inspection records, photographs and video, incident reports, witness statements, communications, and post-incident reviews. Records identifying the specific venue, personnel, and procedures in effect on the incident date can be particularly important.
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.
