In Clinical Standards in Medicine medical expert witness Barry E. Gustin, MD, MPH, FAAEM, writes: The existence of clinical standards would enable malpractice litigators to be more selective in their choice of cases. In situations where a clinical standard was followed but where there was an adverse patient outcome, litigators…
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Toxicology Expert Witness In W.R. Grace Case
W. R. Grace along with five individual defendants, filed a motion Sunday to exclude the toxicology expert witness testimony of Dr. Aubrey Miller. Dr. Miller, an investigator with the EPA, is the prosecution’s key witness. WRG was successful in an earlier attempt to limit the testimony of another key witness,…
Corporate Governance Expert Witness On Five Biggest Banks
McClatchy Company, the third largest newspaper company in the US, reports that America’s five largest banks, which already have received $145 billion in taxpayer bailout dollars, still face potentially catastrophic losses from exotic investments if economic conditions substantially worsen, their latest financial reports show. Corporate governance expert witness and president…
Medical Expert Witness On Clinical Standards Part 2
In Clinical Standards in Medicine medical expert witness Barry E. Gustin, MD, MPH, FAAEM, writes: Forces both inside and outside of medicine are responsible for the trend towards the development of clinical standards. Physicians have been motivated by their desire to establish acceptable levels of care within the various specialties.…
Actuarial Expert Witness On Insurance Capital Part 2
In Discussion of Insurance Capital as a Shared Asset, actuarial expert witness Robert Bear discusses what he describes as Donald Mango’s ground breaking work Insurance Capital as a Shared Asset: Mr. Mango differentiates between consumptive and non-consumptive use of an asset. A consumptive use involves the transfer of a portion…
Criminology Expert Witness On False Confessions
Pennsylvania prosecutors have questioned the admissibility of criminology expert witness Allison Redlich’s testimony in the homicide trial of Frederick Anthony Robinson. Redlich testified Wednesday by phone about her educational background and the methodology of her research of false confessions. She is currently an assistant professor in the school of criminal…
Actuarial Expert Witness On Insurance Capital
In Discussion of Insurance Capital as a Shared Asset, actuarial expert witness Robert Bear discusses what he describes as Donald Mango’s ground breaking work Insurance Capital as a Shared Asset: Actuaries frequently allocate capital to line of business or individual risk in an effort to calculate risk loads or evaluate…
Security Management Expert Witness On Risk Assessment
In What the Defendant Can Do Wrong, security management expert witness Ira Somerson, BCFE, CPP, CSC, writes that “failing to preface your security plan with a risk assessment would violate standard security industry practices. If your risk assessment lacks sufficient qualitative (unscientific) or quantitative (scientific) analysis, it probably will be…
Insurance Fraud Expert Witness On Crash Claim
Insurance fraud expert witness Barry Zalma shares this from Reports of Convictions From the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud: The sisters should’ve at least coordinated their stories before making their insurance claims. Jackeline Morales and Gloria Perez claimed they crashed into each other at Interstate 495 South, in Haverhill, Mass. But…
Security Expert Witness On Site Security Planning Part 5
In Site Security Planning and Design Criteria, security expert witness Randall Atlas Ph.D., AIA and Anthony DiGreggario of Atlas Safety & Security Design, Inc. write on security layering: the Onion Philosophy (part 2): New developments in blast curtains, window films, and break resistant and bullet resistant glazing provide the designer…