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Insurance fraud expert witnesses may testify on health care fraud, insurance claims, medical insurance, and correlated matters. In the news this month, Angela Shae Ellison, 45, was charged in Des Moines, IA, with defrauding Medicaid and health insurers of more than $700,000, for medical services that were never performed. The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa says Ellison submitted false insurance claims to Medicaid, WellMark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Aetna and United Health.

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Apartment security expert witness John Harris conducted a forensic evaluation and opined in litigation that resulted in a $20 million award to a female tenant who was raped in her apartment at Promenade Culllen Park in Houston, TX. The jury awarded $7 million for physical pain and mental anguish, $5 million for future mental anguish and $8 million for violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

The security forensic evaluation conducted by John Harris included a risk assessment to determine the threat level and a security vulnerability assessment to determine appropriate countermeasures to mitigate risk.

More to come.

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Human resources expert witness Jerry Glass, president of F&H Solutions Group, testified in the American Airlines’ Section 1113 (Rejection of a Collective Bargaining Agreement) hearing in New York. The senior vice president of American Airlines, Jeff Brundage will testify April 26th. T

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GenPsych’s engineering expert witness and architecture expert witness will testify before the Lebanon (NJ) Township planning board on a proposed addiction treatment facility. GenPsych provides outpatient psychiatric and substance abuse services. The planned conversion of an office building would be their first residential facility.

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Psychopharmacology expert witness Dr. Robert Julien testified in the Marion County Circuit Court (OR) case of Sophia Downing who was found guilty of all charges in a fatal 2010 crash. The jury found her guilty of two counts of first-degree manslaughter and one count each of second-degree assault, driving under the influence of intoxicants and reckless endangerment.

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Health care fraud expert witnesses may write reports and opine on insurance coverage, insurance companies, and associated matters. In the news this week, Peter Enzinger, the former head of a medical supply company, was sentenced in Portland, ME, to 2 1/2 years in prison for health care fraud. Enzinger and his company billed for products that weren’t delivered and charged for more expensive items than the customer received.

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Patents expert witnesses are qualified to testify on software patents, invention patents, and international patents, as well as related issues. Nicholas Carlson, deputy editor at Business Insider, writes that the U.S. International Trade Commission judges are expected to release findings in Motorola Mobility patent infringement cases against Microsoft Corp. this week. Nicholas Carlson covers media and advertising for Business Insider.

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In Security for Bars, Taverns and Nightclubs, bars and taverns security expert witness Ralph Witherspoon, CPP, CSC, writes on Club Operation:

Management decides which type customers it will attract based on the club’s location, the atmosphere and music format it provides, plus its advertising. Promotions of “two-for-one” drinks, $ .75 “jello shots”, or large over-sized drinks, or promoting a three or four-hour long “happy hour”, also set a tone and attract specific types of patrons. That “tone” will often determine what type problems are likely to arise, and what type and level of security should be provided. Management can, at any time, change the “tone” by changing the music, adding or changing the amount of (any) door cover charge, increasing or relaxing its dress code, changing décor and lighting, changing or eliminating specials, increasing “visible” security, or taking other measures appropriate to their individual facility.