In Strategic Security Management: A Risk Assessment Guide for Decision Makers, security expert witness Karim H. Vellani writes in his introduction: While researching this book, I sought out the wisdom of others and came across a quote by William O. Douglas which I think captures the essence of Strategic Security…
Wikipedia tells us that “forensic engineering is the investigation of materials, products, structures or components that fail or do not operate/function as intended, causing personal injury for example. In Industry Standards, Technology Associates, the forensic engineering expert witness company has this to say on industry standards. Because custom and practice…
In Machine Guarding: The Second Alternative, equipment expert witness Albert Rauck, P.E., CSP, writes on machinery safety devices: The second alternative can, when used in conjunction with the design consideration, be very effective in eliminating the dangerous condition. Safety devices include the whole range of machine guarding techniques such as…
Wikipedia tells us that “forensic engineering is the investigation of materials, products, structures or components that fail or do not operate/function as intended, causing personal injury for example. In Industry Standards, Technology Associates, the forensic engineering expert witness company has this to say on industry standards. A standard can be…
In Machine Guarding: The Second Alternative, equipment expert witness Albert Rauck, P.E., CSP, writes on machinery safety devices: The first thought should be given to the design of the process. Remember the danger results from the combination of hazard and exposure. Eliminate either one and the dangerous condition no longer…
In Finding a Remedy For Renters, security expert witness John a. Harris writes: In most inadequate-security suits, then, the first step in establishing foreseeability is to examine the criminal history of the property. Review reports of calls for police service to find how many residents reported crimes on the premises…
DNA expert witness Dan E. Krane of Forensic Bioinformatics, Inc. on scientific evidence: What makes scientific evidence so powerful in court is very simple: it’s supposed to be scientific. That means that it is supposed to be objective and completely independent of the subject of an investigation (a suspect or…
In Finding a Remedy For Renters, security expert witness John a. Harris writes: When crime occurs in a residential apartment building, a security expert witness can help you evaluate whether the victim has a viable case against the property owner… Security is one of the foremost problems facing apartment-community owners…
In So when do we get it over with and declare Google a monopoly?, Charles Cooper on CNet.com quotes antitrust expert witness Richard Schmalensee, of MIT’s Sloan School of Management. ‘There are the standard numbers people throw around but I think most people would say you have to decide whether…
PointofLaw.com on expert witness reform: It’s not as if the Bayou State regularly produces good news on lawsuit reform, but a new measure applauded by Fred Shumate, executive director of Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch, sounds like an exception: S.B. 308 “would establish a uniform system for eliminating ‘junk science’ and…