Commercial liability policies expert witnesses may opine on insurance claims, liability insurance and more. In Court of Appeals Rules on When Late Notice of a Claim Voids Coverage, Michael J. Rust writes: On April 28, 2011, in Forshee v. Employers Mutual Casualty Company, the Georgia Court of Appeals found that…
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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Expert Witnesses
Federal motor vehicle safety standards expert witnesses may write reports on crashworthiness, truck maintenance, and trucking and transportation rules and regulations. On their website, The O’Connell Law Firm, P.C. writes on dangerous truck drivers: In late 2010, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) implemented an extensive new program to…
Sales Forecasting Expert Witnesses
Sales forecasting expert witnesses may testify on sales promotions, retail sales, sales revenues and more. Referenceforbusiness.com describes three important qualitative forecasting methods: the Delphi technique, scenario writing, and the subject approach. DELPHI TECHNIQUE. In the Delphi technique, an attempt is made to develop forecasts through “group consensus.” Usually, a panel…
Insurance Expert Witnesses & Replacement Cost
Insurance expert witnesses may write reports and opine on property insurance, homeowner’s insurance, and insurance companies. In the wake of homes destroyed throughout the country, attorneys at Alvarez & Barbara, LLP, explain replacement cost and extended replacement cost: Unfortunately, many of those homeowners will soon discover that their insurance won’t…
Affidavit of Service Expert Witnesses
Affidavit of service expert witnesses may testify and write reports on service of process, legal notice, and related topics. The National Association of Professional Process Servers reports on their website: Proposed Maryland Legislation Harmful To People and Threatens Legal Due Process The National Association of Professional Process Servers (NAPPS), along…
Health Care Administration Expert Witnesses
Health care administration expert witnesses may write reports and opine on rehabilitation centers, managed care organizations, medical record review, and related topics. Here, Federal News Daily reports that Tricare, the health care program serving uniformed service members, retirees and their families worldwide has few options for increasing access to civilian…
Insurance Claims Expert Witnesses
Insurance claims expert witnesses may write reports and testify on property insurance, insurance regulations, and related topics. Recently, Business Insurance reported: Japanese insurers have paid almost $2.27 billion to cover approximately 125,000 claims associated with earthquake damage to personal dwellings stemming from the March 11 tsunami and earthquake that devastated…
Process Service Expert Witnesses
Process service expert witnesses may opine on acceptance of service, affidavit of service, jurats, judicial summons, and more. The National Association of Professional Process Servers reports on their website that New York process servers were granted a partial restraining order on a new law: The New York State Professional Process…
Trucking Expert Witnesses & Crashworthiness
Trucking expert witnesses may write reports and testify on federal motor carrier safety regulations, truck maintenance, trucking and transportation rules, and related topics. Transport Topics reports that American Trucking Associations and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association have together written to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asking the agency to…
Commercial Design Expert Witnesses
Commercial design expert witnesses may write reports and testify on interior designs, space planning, green retrofits, and more. Here, BuildingDesign+Construction.com writes: The U.S. Department of Energy announced in May the release of the first in a new series of Advanced Energy Design Guides (AEDGs) to aid architects and engineers in…