In Barry Zalma on Whether Premium Increases Are Due to Weather Changes, insurance expert witness Zalma writes: “It is dangerous in most legal analyses to limit the conclusion to one factual issue. Underwriting insurance requires the analysis of multiple factual issues that can increase or decrease the potential for loss.…
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Accident Reconstruction Expert Witness On Diving Injuries Part 2
Accident investigation expert witness Steven Barsky is Principal of Marine Marketing and Consulting, a consulting business for the diving and marine-related industries. In Analysis of a Diving Accident: Death of a Diver, the expert witness writes on lessons to be learned for diving companies: During his deposition, the head of…
Fire Expert Witness On Fire Codes
In Fire Experts and the Fire Code, fire expert witness Robert Rowe, Pyrocop, Inc., writes: Fire codes are written by dedicated and knowledgeable fire experts who have, at one time or another during their fire service career have witnessed serious injury or the loss of life and property. So why…
Accident Reconstruction Expert Witness On Diving Injuries
Accident investigation expert witness Steven Barsky is Principal of Marine Marketing and Consulting, a consulting business for the diving and marine-related industries. In Analysis of a Diving Accident: Death of a Diver, the expert witness writes: Nothing is more tragic than the death or serious injury of a diver, especially…
Fire Expert Witness On Planning a Fire Investigation
In Planning a Fire Investigation, fire expert witness and Principal of Pyrocop Inc., Robert Rowe writes: Whether you are a seasoned fire expert or just getting into the business, the need to properly plan your fire investigation is critical to its outcome. As quoted by Benjamin Franklin, commonly referred to…
Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness On Forensic Evaluations
Forensic psychiatry expert witness Dr. Roy Lubit is board certified in forensic psychiatry, child psychiatry and general psychiatry. He writes this on forensic evaluations: Critiquing adverse forensic evaluations is a special art. It is inadequate to simply produce a competing evaluation, so that there is now one on each side.…
Securities Expert Witness On Fiduciary Duty
In Madoff Investor Alerts, securities expert witness Chris McConnell, AIFA, writes on fiduciary duty: Breach of Fiduciary Duty (BFD) is pervasive in today’s volatile financial environment, primarily due to two elements: 1) investment pros have not been properly trained, if at all, in the standards of fiduciary responsibility, and 2)…
Medical Expert Witnesses On Autism
A U.S. court has ruled that a vaccination for certain childhood diseases is not linked to autism, as claimed by parents of children who suffer from the brain disorder. The ruling Thursday is a blow to at least 4,800 families who have filed similar claims and are seeking compensation through…
Statistics Expert Witness & Gambling Trial
Mike Sexton, host of the “World Poker Tour” and a 30-year poker pro, will be called as a gambling expert witness in the illegal gambling trial of five players busted during the police raid of a home tournament three years ago. Sexton, of Las Vegas, will contend that their chosen…
Medical Expert Witness On Clinical Standards
In Clinical Standards in Medicine medical expert witness Barry E. Gustin, MD, MPH, FAAEM, writes: Medical negligence litigators seek to establish which clinical standards are pertinent to their case, define what these clinical standards are, and then set out to demonstrate how the clinical standards were not followed. Historically, from…