Environmental expert Edward Kuk spoke before the Bridgewater, NJ, planning board regarding the environmental impact should developer Steven Lang build 18 homes on 34 acres of woodlands. Sixty nearby homeowners are hoping to stop approval of the construction application citing negative impact on wildlife and vegetation.
Criminalistics Expert Witness Testifies In Christopher Vaughn Case
Criminalistics expert witness expert witness Paul Kish testified in the case against Christopher Vaughn who says his wife gunned down their three children before taking her own life. The bloodstain expert said the evidence does not support Vaughn’s defense.
Emergency Medicine Expert Witness On CT Scan Risks
In CT Scans Linked to Leukemia and Brain Cancer, emergency medicine expert witness Dr. Barry Gustin writes:
Children undergoing computed tomography (CT) scans with cumulative radiation doses of about 50 mGy had about triple the risk for leukemia, and those who received doses of about 60 mGy had nearly triple the risk for brain cancer, according to the results of a retrospective cohort study published online June 7 in the Lancet. Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood could triple the risk of leukemia and brain cancer.
The study authors note that CT scans are very useful diagnostically, but that children are more radiosensitive than adults and may therefore have additional potential risks for cancer from ionizing radiation. The study goal was to determine the excess risk for leukemia and brain tumors after CT scanning in a cohort of children and young adults.
Construction Expert Witness On Defects Part 2
In Construction Process Can Lead to Defects, construction expert witness Michael S. Poles, GC, CM, RCI, DABFET, ACFE, writes on the complex process involved in a building project:
Competitive Bidding The low bidder gets the contract. With the competitive bidding process, the only way for a contractor to be awarded the contract is that he / she must first be designated the low bidder. In order to be designated the low bidder, it can either mean that the successful bidder has a substantial following of subcontractors and material suppliers that are highly cost effective and are capable of furnishing low quotations for their collective work. Or, it could mean that one or more of them omitted one or more items in their cost breakdown that could equate to a lot of money … missed.
When a low bid is received by a general contractor from their subs and suppliers, it is often wondered by the recipient just what and how much the low bidder left out of his / her bid and whether or not to take the chance of using that low bid. The dilemma is always raised … “Well, if they bid this number to us, then they surely must have bid it to our competition”. And, to make things worse, most of the sub bids are received by telephone only moments before the prime contract bid is to be submitted, and; therefore, the general contractor has precious little or no time available to scrutinize this temptation, otherwise known as the “last minute low bid”.
Professional Engineering Expert Is Key Speaker At Construction Seminar In Qatar
Professional engineering expert witness Paul Gogulski says the construction industry can rebuild America. “Provided we learn from history, improve ethics and let civil engineers take the lead, we can rebuild America,” said Paul Gogulski. Mr. Gogulski is the key speaker at a construction and engineering seminar in Qatar Sept. 9-11.
Mr. Gogulski is a professional engineer and president of Gogulski & Associates Inc. with over 50 years’ experience in general contracting, forensic engineering, facilities planning and construction consulting
Accident Reconstruction Expert Witness Testifies In Bicycle Deaths
Accident reconstruction expert witness Charles Ruble testified in the San Antonio, TX, homicide trial of Gilbert John Sullaway Jr. Sullaway killed two bicyclists in 2009 when he was speeding and drove onto the shoulder of the San Antonio highway.
Child Sexual Assault Expert Witness Testfiies In Case Against Four Boys
Child sexual assault expert witness Tara Healy testified in the case against four 12 and 13 year old New York defendants. Healy is the sexual assault forensic examiner for Good Samaritan Hospital, Ramapo, NY, and examined the 14 year old girl. Rockland County Court Judge Sherri Eisenpress is presiding.
Construction Expert Witness On Defects Part 1
In Construction Process Can Lead to Defects, construction expert witness Michael S. Poles, GC, CM, RCI, DABFET, ACFE, writes on the complex process involved in a building project:
When relative to construction claims, the word defect also equates to financial disaster when it reaches litigation.
The process that it takes to construct any building project is an extremely complex process. It is replete with architects, engineers, professional societies and associations, manufacturers and suppliers, building officials, general contractors, specialty contractors, and a virtual army of labor which lends itself to numerous volumes, many years of education, and specialized training.
Forensic Pathology Expert Witness Testified In Drew Peterson Case
Forensic pathology expert witness Dr. Mary Case testified in the murder case against Drew Peterson. Dr. Case is a professor in the Saint Louis University School of Medicine Department of Pathology specializing in adult head trauma as well as the Chief Medical Examiner of St. Louis County, Mo. She testified that the injuries Kathleen Savio, Peterson’s third wife, suffered were not consistent with falling in her bathtub.
Fire Expert & Second Fisker Electric Car Fire
Fisker Automotvie Inc. has hired an independent fire expert to investigate the second fire in a Fisker Karma. The first electric car caught fire in the owner’s garage and burned the Texas house down. The second sedan caught fire in California while not being charged and it appears the fire did not begin in the battery. Fisker Automotive was started in 2007 by Henrik Fisker and Bernhard Koehler.