In Public Safety Experts: No Longer “The Retired Cop,” emergency communications and 911 expert witness Charles D. Carter writes: Just as in all other professions, emergency communications receives its fair share of lawsuits for negligence. Who will provide the attorney with the expertise to understand the “standard of care” within…
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Automotive Braking Expert Witnesses Part 2
Automotive braking expert witnesses may opine on brake failure, brake trouble, and related topics. In How well do you know your brakes? Peter D. duPre, iCARumba’s Content Editor, gives tips that will help you stop safely and alert you to possible brake problems: Brake warning light — If the brake…
Insurance Claims Expert Witnesses & Bad Faith Liability Part 2
Insurance claims expert witnesses may opine on insurance companies, bad faith, liability insurance, and related topics. In When Insurers Hide Behind their Experts in Texas, Sergio V. Leal, Esq. writes: In State Farm Lloyds v. Nicolau, 951 S.W.2d 444 (Tex. 1997) a homeowner filed a lawsuit against its insurer for…
Call Center Industry Expert Witnesses
Call center industry expert witnesses may provide reports and opine concerning telemarketing, computer telephony integration, the call center industry, and related issues. The Telemarketing Connections Newsletter offers information of concern to the industry. Here are excerpts from the website: Minnesota In Minnesota, a federal court has ruled that a debt…
Spectroscopic Analysis Expert Witnesses
Spectroscopic analysis expert witnesses may write reports and opine on absorption spectroscopy, microwave spectroscopy, x-ray spectroscopy, and related topics. Here the American Society for Mass Spectrometry lists some of the uses for mass spectrometry: * Detect and identify the use of steroids in athletes * Monitor the breath of patients…
Business Income Claims Expert Witnesses Part 2
Business income claims expert witnesses may advise on issues involving loss of revenue, insurance fraud, and related issues. Here Bruce D. Smith, CPA and certified fraud examiner explains: What is a Forensic Accounting? To quantify a Business Income loss, an analysis of pre- and post-loss revenue, costs and operating expenses…
Mass Media Expert Witnesses
Mass media expert witnesses may opine on newspapers, TV, magazines, and related topics. Here Robert Cox, President of the Media Bloggers Association writes: Despite the recent financial market meltdowns, the winners coming out of the era were those that embraced the new technology, the new economics and freed themselves from…
Telemarketing Expert Witnesses
Telemarketing expert witnesses may provide reports and opine concerning call center agents, computer telephony integration, the call center industry, and related issues. The Telemarketing Connections Newsletter discusses issues of concern to the industry. In the October / November 2010 issue, the newsletter addresses a Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation: The…
Sanitary Engineering Expert Witnesses
Sanitary engineering expert witnesses may write reports and opine on waste disposal, waste minimization, waste water, and related issues. In Understanding and Applying the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA), EHSwire asks the question, what does the Federal PPA require? Facilities must account for their use of toxic chemicals and, where feasible,…
Wood Products Expert Witnesses & Avoiding Disputes #2
Wood products expert witnesses may write reports and opine on lumber, plywood, saw mills, pressed wood products, and related topics. The Wood Shop Consultancy offers ways to avoid disputes in Wood: Avoiding the pitfalls – How a basic understanding of timber technology can help to avoid problems in use: One…