Loevsky v. Carter

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• reversing admission of videotaped motorcycle accident reenactment when numerous differences between reenactment and actual occurrence were present, including amount of gravel on the road and angle of turn
• reversing admission of videotaped motorcycle accident reenactment when numerous differences between reenactment and actual occurrence were present, including amount of gravel on the road and angle of turn
• “HRS § 291 — 4(a)(1) merely codifies one of the methods available in establishing whether a driver was ‘under the influence of intoxicating liquor[.]’”
• “[W]hen a test or experiment is an attempt to reenact the original happening, the essential elements of the experiment must be substantially similar to those existing at the time of the accident.”
• evidence that defendant-motorcyclist had a “couple of beers” relevant to fault
• videotapes inadmissible as a veiled attempt at re-creation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).