Section 38 Videotape Demonstrations

• Library: Damages 2012

The videotape is a useful tool in demonstrating the limitations of an injured party’s ability to perform routine household chores. For example, a videotape showing an amputee’s inability to do the following tasks will readily illustrate the handicap that the amputee endures while doing even the most routine functions:

· Open a soda bottle

· Cut meat and other items of food at the dinner table

· Do simple repair work like pounding a nail into a piece of wood

· Wash hand with a bar of...