[blindlaw] Is blindness ever consitter an issue in court

Thu Jul 11 00:15:27 UTC 2013

I mainly do personal injury cases and often have to deal with pictures of 
accident scenes and client injuries. I currently have a case where the 
client suffers a scar on her face from the accident. This is major as it 
goes towards evaluating the amount of damages in the case. The key is to 
review the pictures ahead of time and take lots of notes. If possible, have 
multiple people describe them to you so you have a better impression of all 
possibilities. I have sat on arbitration panels and hear cases with diagrams 
and pictures as evidence.

Rod Alcidonis, Esq.
Alcidonis Law Office
2824 Cottman Avenue
Suite 15
Philadelphia, PA 19149
O: (215) 305-8085
Attorney at alcidonislaw.com
www.alcidonislaw.com

Transactional commercial real estate, Personal injury, and Immigration
-----Original Message----- 
From: Dittman, Robert
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 7:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Is blindness ever consitter an issue in court

failing field sobriety tests. In that case I had another attorney review the 
footage with me and describe for me what was going on in the video. The 
blindness is a factor, yes, however attorneys witnesses and court personnel 
who are blind will receive in most instances a reasonable accommodation in 
order to complete their job. This is been my experience I hope that this 
helps.I am a criminal defense attorney and I am currently working a case in 
domestic violence where there are pictures I also have a family law case 
where there is some video involved I have other attorneys review the footage 
with me and therefore I can get an idea of what is going on in the media. 
Specifically the media I mean the videos and pictures that are part of 
discovery. I have also had a driving under the influence case where there 
was video of the defendant

Robert D. Dittman, ESQ.
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 10, 2013, at 18:26, "denise avant" <dravant at ameritech.net> wrote:

> As part of discovery, you may be able to review the photos beforehand with 
> an assistant
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 10, 2013, at 6:12 PM, pattichang at att.net wrote:
>
>> I am blind and have served in Illinois on a jury. There was pictorial 
>> evidence. There were also diagrams of the location. The judge asked and I 
>> think this is appropriate for most situations that both attorneys 
>> verbally describe what they were pointing at and reference verbally 
>> anything that related to the evidence. I would also note that most states 
>> require a witness to describe what is in the pictures in order to lay a 
>> proper foundation.
>>
>>
>> Patti S. Gregory-Chang
>> NFBI President
>> NFB Scholarship Comm. Chair
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jul 10, 2013, at 6:05 PM, "RJ Sandefur" 
>> <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> John Smith is a blind defence aturney. He is defending Mike shafer on 
>>> murder 1 charges. The state has photos of the defendant at the crime 
>>> seen. What should the state do taking into consitteration the defence 
>>> lawyer is blind and is unable to see the pictures? RJ
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