Service stations expert witnesses may opine on gas stations, filling stations, gasoline, petrol, and diesel fuel. Here the 24 Hour California Gas Station Association writes on safety: Economic conditions sometimes lead to desperate acts by desperate individuals. As gasoline prices rise we all want to be sure employees at service…
Digital video expert witnesses may opine on digital multimedia evidence and streaming media, as well as related topics. The Law Enforcement & Emergency Services Video Association (LEVA) issued their Best Practices for the Acquisition of Digital Multimedia Evidence Version 3.0 on April 14, 2010. Executive Summary: The proliferation of digital…
In Insurance 101 – Property – Casualty Basics, the American Insurance Association writes on Checks and Balances – An Insurance Regulation Overview: Property-casualty insurance is heavily regulated at the state level; this is particularly true for personal lines and for workers’ compensation. Generally speaking, state regulators have oversight of market…
Wrongful death expert witness Barry Gustin, MD, MPH, FAAEP, writes on de-escalating the toxicologically altered aggressive individual: Toxicologists when reviewing cases are often faced with a subject in question that had altered mental status as a consequence of the effects of illicit substances. In this setting, dealing with aggressive patients…
In Insurance 101 – Property – Casualty Basics, the American Insurance Association writes on commercial property insurance: Commercial property policies cover buildings and the organization’s property, and include a type of coverage known as “business interruption” designed to help a company continue operating if it is put out of its…
Biotechnology means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use. For instance, biotechnology is applied to improve or facilitate cellular processes such as energy metabolism, gene transfer between unrelated species, or the engineering of enzymes for…
In Insurance 101 – Property – Casualty Basics, the American Insurance Association writes on liability claim costs: Liability claim costs generally are broken down into two categories: 1) special damages, which include the claimant’s out-of-pocket expenses and lost wages; and, 2) general damages, which cover compensation for pain and suffering…
In A Law and Finance Analysis of Hedge Funds, finance expert Douglas Cumming, Associate Professor and Ontario Research Chair in the Schulich School of Business at York University, describes the paper on hedge funds he wrote with Na Dai, SUNY at Albany: This paper empirically analyzes the impact of hedge…
Biotechnology means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use. For instance, biotechnology is applied to improve or facilitate cellular processes such as energy metabolism, gene transfer between unrelated species, or the engineering of enzymes for…
In Insurance 101 – Property – Casualty Basics, the American Insurance Association writes: The property casualty insurance industry provides protection from risk in two basic areas: protection for physical items, such as houses, personal possessions, cars, commercial buildings, and inventory (property), and protection against legal liability (casualty). Property insurance is…