Standard Guide for Forensic Engineering Expert Reports

Importancia y uso:

5.1 This guide may be useful to forensic engineers, courts, jurists, attorneys, insurance adjusters, and clients of forensic engineers. Although this guide is directed to the practice of forensic engineering, its description of the elements of investigative reports may be useful to practitioners in other disciplines that embrace scientific laws and theories.

5.2 This guide is based on Guide E2713, which discusses elements of the practice of forensic engineering and provides suggested readings which may be of interest to those creating (or reading) forensic engineering reports.

5.3 This guide is informational and not mandatory. Not all items necessarily apply to all forensic engineering reports. Practitioners should adopt the requirements stated herein as appropriate to their individual situations. The author should verbally discuss findings with the client prior to the preparation of a written report. Not all clients will require a written report, and some may want a report with a focused scope or a report that follows a particular format.

Subcomité:

E58.01

Volúmen:

14.02

Número ICS:

07.140 (Forensic science)

Palabras clave:

composition; Daubert; engineering report; expert disclosure; expert opinion; expert report; Federal Rules of Evidence; forensic engineer; forensic report; Frye; record; report; Rule 26; Rules of Civil Procedure; scientific opinion; scientific report; submittal; technical communication;