Playing an important role of the litigation of traffic crash, the expert witness makes the
reconstruction and the determination of the responsibilities. The persons who involving the crash
could participate and represent opinions, relating the crash occurrence and causes, at the
investigation committee meeting. They have legal right to infer the facts through the evidences in
the dialectical process, moreover, there is no expert witness inferring. The paper introduces the
professional negligence assault, caused by the truck rear-end collision between the motorcycle and
truck. The motorcyclist who have got serious hurt and disability after the tragedy, initiated the case
for satisfaction compensation. No expert witness was provided during the judicial litigation. The
victims research the accident evidence by themselves. The accused appointed four defence
solicitors in sequence to represent the accused in court. They supplied more evidence and debated
with the occurrence and causes of th e crash. Through the criminal county court and the supreme,
and the civil court, the motorcyclist obtained seven millions compensation, while she made
reconciliation and withdraw a lawsuit. It is took a long time about two years and ten months. There
is no similar report and available literature now. This paper focuses on the representation and
deduction of the evidence in this case, defense and justice arguments in the jury, and makes
readers aware of evidence of judicial proceedings and the accident reconstruction.
Keywords
Road traffic accident (RTA), accident investigation, evidence, reconstruction.
Citation information
Wu Chun Liang, Wu Ai Yun, Case Study on the Litigation of Traffic Crash without Expert Witness
Inferring, The Traffic Safety and Law Enforcement Conference in 2013. (in Chinese)
Authors’ information
Corresponding author at: Summerhill RTA Research Foundation, No.96, Wufuxincun, Zhunan
Township, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
E-mail addresses: summerhill.org@gmail.com (Wu Chun Liang), IreneWu103@gmail.com(Wu Ai
Yun)
Tel: +886 37 582514