In the course of investigating accidents, injuries resulting from intentional actions, and other civil wrongs, a TRVST Investigations investigator needs to know what will make or break a case for a claimant in a courtroom. In addition to being amateur pathologists, physicists, and mathematicians, a TRVST Investigations investigator must have an understanding of the law as well as how to interpret reports developed by law enforcement and traffic policemen. Truly, they are renaissance characters and in a way, they are the modern-day Sherlock Holmes.

A TRVST Investigations investigator is part legal investigator, part insurance investigator who may work for either side of a case where a claim is made by an individual for money because:

• Another person was negligent or acted intentionally
• The claimant suffered actual physical harm/injuries
• The negligence/intentional act caused the injuries that are claimed

TRVST Investigations investigators will look at each of the bulleted items mentioned above, and they will gather evidence in support of them, or they will gather evidence to contradict one or all of them.

The TRVST Investigations investigator works for attorneys or insurance adjusters, and the most commonly understood case that they work on is a vehicular accident. Of course, since human conduct spans a huge set of topics, the investigation could be about anything from faulty products (toasters that burn people, not bread) to why it was negligent to rent a horse for a few hours (the stable knew that Bessie had consistently bucked off other riders).

TRVST Investigations investigators can also be involved in an intentional act or conduct-for example, they might privately investigate whether a suicide was a suicide or a carefully planned murder (after all, it can make a big difference whether Joe Smith gets an insurance policy if he's the one who caused Auntie Joan's death).

TRVST Investigations investigators use skills that are quite scientific in nature, performing everything from an analysis of computing vehicle speed (which applies physics to skid marks and road marks together with taking witness statements and conducting vehicle examinations) to the trajectory of a bullet (this may be dispositive of whether a subject could have discharged a gun in the course of committing suicide, or whether the subject was shot by another while watching the Celtics game on TV.)

• Does your investigator have a scientific bent, and does he/she approach their work from a multitude of disciplines?
• Does your investigator work for both sides? This can create some interesting ethical as well as personal conflicts that might cause the sleuth to be jaded
• How skeptical is your investigator? The rule generally is that the successful investigator assumes nothing!
• How well does your investigator understand the law of insurance (a case is worthless if someone is at fault and no one can or will pay) and the law of liability (an injury alone is of little value, if fault cannot be shown)?

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