Before we attend the trial, there was only one Trial/Jury case which was Ellis et al v. Duong et at. Firstly, we have noticed that plaintiff side and juries were in the right and the defendant side was in the left from the judge’s view. There were two lawyers located each side, a clerk, a judge, and seven juries. The atmosphere in the court was silent and everyone respected with the dignity towards the judge. Since the Ellis et al v. Duong et at case was an ongoing case and held for quite a bit long time, we tried to focus on focused on understanding the facts based on the lawyers and witness’ arguments.
A brief summary of what was going on in the trial while you were watching. In general, the plaintiff, Ellis sued Duong for the past car …show more content…
O’Shaughnessy brought from the plaintiff. Dr. O’Shaughnessy / O’Shanassy, Roy J is a medical doctor specialized in the Medicine Psychiatric/Forensic Psychiatric. He was in charge of examining Ellis’ brain injury and damages after the car accident. Dr. O’Shaughnessy graduated from the University of Ottawa in 1975 and he has an experience of teaching at UBC for 2 years. Based on the description of Psychiatry in UBC website, “Forensic psychiatry as defined by the Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and Law encompasses interface issues between psychiatry and the law in which psychiatric knowledge, research, and opinion are applied to assist the courts in resolving legal disputes within legal contexts. Civil forensic psychiatry under the direction of Dr. O’Shaughnessy is located at the St. Paul’s Hospital medical-legal clinic” (Forensic). The lawyer at the plaintiff’s side briefly asked the witness about his educational status to prove the expertise in his department of study. After the several questions were asked about his education and his research, judge approved his right of education and the expertise in the forensic psychiatry. Dr. O’Shaughnessy had 2 evaluations with Ellis and he came up with two reports in 2011 and 2016 …show more content…
First of all, she was anxious about her relationship with others, for instance, she was thinking that people around her couldn’t be with her forever. She couldn’t drive by herself and she could hardly define her identity. After Dr. O’Shaughnessy conducted the interview, he further analyzed the plaintiff’s brain injury and traumatic symptoms. He proved her disability was the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) which is a mental illness involves exposure to trauma involving death or the threat of death, serious injury, or sexual violence. He further defined that the PTSD from the accident has 4 parts: 1) nightmare, flashback emotional; 2) depression, avoiding themes; 3) Panic, Anxiety, breathing difficulty; 4) Fear of hospital, memories and night time thinkings trigger to
A brief summary of what was going on in the trial while you were watching. In general, the plaintiff, Ellis sued Duong for the past car …show more content…
O’Shaughnessy brought from the plaintiff. Dr. O’Shaughnessy / O’Shanassy, Roy J is a medical doctor specialized in the Medicine Psychiatric/Forensic Psychiatric. He was in charge of examining Ellis’ brain injury and damages after the car accident. Dr. O’Shaughnessy graduated from the University of Ottawa in 1975 and he has an experience of teaching at UBC for 2 years. Based on the description of Psychiatry in UBC website, “Forensic psychiatry as defined by the Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and Law encompasses interface issues between psychiatry and the law in which psychiatric knowledge, research, and opinion are applied to assist the courts in resolving legal disputes within legal contexts. Civil forensic psychiatry under the direction of Dr. O’Shaughnessy is located at the St. Paul’s Hospital medical-legal clinic” (Forensic). The lawyer at the plaintiff’s side briefly asked the witness about his educational status to prove the expertise in his department of study. After the several questions were asked about his education and his research, judge approved his right of education and the expertise in the forensic psychiatry. Dr. O’Shaughnessy had 2 evaluations with Ellis and he came up with two reports in 2011 and 2016 …show more content…
First of all, she was anxious about her relationship with others, for instance, she was thinking that people around her couldn’t be with her forever. She couldn’t drive by herself and she could hardly define her identity. After Dr. O’Shaughnessy conducted the interview, he further analyzed the plaintiff’s brain injury and traumatic symptoms. He proved her disability was the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) which is a mental illness involves exposure to trauma involving death or the threat of death, serious injury, or sexual violence. He further defined that the PTSD from the accident has 4 parts: 1) nightmare, flashback emotional; 2) depression, avoiding themes; 3) Panic, Anxiety, breathing difficulty; 4) Fear of hospital, memories and night time thinkings trigger to