Monday, February 27, 2012

Case dismissed! Irrefutable photo evidence

This one was fun, no gory accidents, no heartbreaking, life-ruining medical mistakes.
The defendant in a construction enforcement action had done everything right, beautiful new wiring with all the latest protections, above code. Some mistake by an inspector resulted in charges against my client. All she had to do was show the photos I took of the new work and [hand dusting gesture], case dismissed, you're free to go.
For my part, I had to lean off balconies four stories up and reach out with camera on auto focus, but nothing like hanging out of a helicopter, shooting a freighter with its deck littered with containers, scattered by a rogue wave, like this: