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Employment expert witnesses may consult on compensation, human resources, wrongful termination, labor economics, labor law, and benefits, as well as related topics. Over the weekend, negotiations between Bay Area Rapid Transit management and the agency’s two largest unions over pay, medical benefits and pensions resumed Sunday morning. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 gave notice to strike Monday if no progress is made before then. BART trains carry approximately 400,000 passengers daily.

Explosions expert witnesses may provide reports on chemical explosives, implosions, steam boiler explosions, dust explosions, and more. This week eight people were injured in a central Florida propane gas plant explosion. The accident happened Monday night at the Blue Rhino propane plant in Tavares, Lake County, FL. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents who investigated the Texas fertilizer plant explosion will be part of the team in Tavares. Prosecutor Byron Todd Jones is to be installed as the new director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

In What’s Your H2O (Safety) IQ?, water safety expert witness Dr. David Smith, Commander, USCG (RET) writes:

The following 20 questions were the basis of a key address to the First International Boating and Water Safety Summit, April 18-25, 1997 in San Diego, California. The Summit was sponsored by the National Water Safety Council and The National Safe Boating Council. This article is taken from the proceedings of the Summit. The article has been repeatedly updated to reflect current aquatic accident statistics. Human physiology, by contrast, has not been known to change in the last 10,000 decades.

How well can you answer these twenty boating and water safety questions:

Computer security expert witnesses may consult regarding network security, network forensics, computer crime, data security, and computer forensics. According to Reuters, computer software hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek will release blueprints for techniques to attack critical systems in the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape at the Def Con hacking convention in Las Vegas, August 1-4, 2013. Miller and Valasek are labeled “white hats,” meaning ethical hackers who specialize in uncovering computer weaknesses before criminals may exploit them.

In They Forged My Name, handwriting expert witness Jan F. Leach, Janus Document Examination, writes:

“They forged my name” is a common cry heard by document examiners and handwriting analysts. The anguish felt by many as the courts, credit card companies, mortgage foreclosure specialist act upon these forgeries AS IF THEY WERE genuine and real signatures. When someone steals your identity or your signature, it is a grievous assault on your personal and financial safety.

What to do to protect your signature

Bus safety expert witnesses may provide reports concerning D.O.T. compliance, school buses, and bus accidents. In the news, investigators are researching evidence to see if mechanical problems were at fault in the church bus crash Saturday in Indianapolis. Driver Dennis Maurer said the brakes failed before the bus hit a barrier and overturned. Three people were killed and more than 20 people were injured.

Railroad expert witnesses may opine on railroad accident investigation, train wrecks, and railroad safety. In the news, the black boxes recovered from the wreckage of the train in northwest Spain, the Alvia 151, could help explain why it left the track going twice the speed limit and crashed into a cement wall. The driver, Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, has been detained following the death of 78 passengers.

In What’s Your H2O (Safety) IQ?, water safety expert witness Dr. David Smith, Commander, USCG (RET) writes:

The following 20 questions were the basis of a key address to the First International Boating and Water Safety Summit, April 18-25, 1997 in San Diego, California. The Summit was sponsored by the National Water Safety Council and The National Safe Boating Council. This article is taken from the proceedings of the Summit. The article has been repeatedly updated to reflect current aquatic accident statistics. Human physiology, by contrast, has not been known to change in the last 10,000 decades.

How well can you answer these twenty boating and water safety questions:

Child pornography expert witnesses may provide reports concerning child sexual assault, cyberpornography, and sexual exploitation, as well as related matters. Attorneys at Shouse Law Group write:
“California’s laws prohibiting child pornography or the “sexual exploitation of a child” (often viewed as a form of child abuse) are typically felonies under Penal Code 311.” Charges may be filed on the state or federal level and conviction brings “heavy fines, incarceration, and, perhaps the most devastating penalty of all, Penal Code 290 registration as a sex offender.”

http://www.shouselaw.com/child-pornography-crimes.html#1

Cruise ships expert witness Dr. Ross A. Klein, MSW, PhD, will testify before the U.S. Senate committee hearing Cruise Industry Oversight: Recent Incidents Show Need for Stronger Focus on Consumer Protection. The Memorial University of Newfoundland professor serves as an expert witness in lawsuits against the cruise industry which may involve sexual assaults, labor rights, and passenger deaths.

More info: http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Home