Category: Articles, Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Construction, Engineering, Premises Liability, Resources for Attorneys, Safety, Working With Experts Chemical Grouting Combats Water Intrusion TASA ID: 11934 This article was originally published in Transmission & Distribution World, www.tdworld.com, September 2016.Typically, utilities have leaks that occur inside conduits, along cracks and at pipe penetrations. The conduit problem, for example, occurs where the conduit penetrates inside a structure such as a building foundation, a manhole or a vault. Water infiltration occurs inside the structures at the annular space between the cables and the conduit. This leakage can fill an underground vault with water, depending on the water table elevation. Read more
Category: Articles, Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Medical & Healthcare, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety, Toxicology, Working With Experts Perils of Pain Meds TASA ID: 13340 This article originally appeared in The Rheumatologist, 2008 - https://www.the-rheumatologist.org/article/perils-of-pain-meds/ and has been granted permission to be republished on The TASA Group website.Over the last decade, an expansion in the use of opioids has been advocated by certain pain specialists as well as pharmaceutical companies. In my opinion, this has occurred in the absence of valid data that support the claims that opioids can effectively and safely be extended beyond cancer to most patients with chronic non-cancer pain with a low risk of addiction. Such claims have subsequently been found to be inaccurate, and the originalstatement about the low rate of addiction to a common oxycodone sustained-release formulation has been shown to be false (as recently admitted by pharmaceutical company executives as a result of a Federal indictment). Read more
Category: Articles, Business & Commerce, Employment, Financial/Economic, Resources for Attorneys, Safety “Joint Employer” Ruling Continues to Cause Disturbing Legal Consequences for Franchisors TASA ID: 11532 This article appears as an update to previous editorials expressing my viewpoints relative to escalating franchise litigation globally. Three years ago, the National Labor Relations Board overturned a long-standing rule: An employer of its own workers could not also be viewed as the “joint employer” of the workers of companies it relied upon to supply it or to perform other functions it would otherwise need to do itself. Read more
Category: Articles, Engineering, Maritime / Boating Accidents, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety Whack the Whac-A-Mole Safety Approach TASA ID: 273 Capt. Terry Ogg published a thoughtful article on safety culture and training on LinkedIn. The title is “Why it's time to deep-six our current safety culture,” but within the article he provides an even better meme: The Whac-A-Mole Safety Game. Read more
Category: Articles, Crime Investigation, Education, Law Enforcement & Corrections, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety, School Safety/Violence 5 Reasons Why Parkland Florida School Officials and Nikolas Cruz’s Family Are Liable TASA ID: 2774 The Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by Nikolas Cruz was initially blamed on the poor response from the Broward County Sheriff’s Department and school security.However, an investigation by the SERAPH School Safety team has found a much darker series of failures by adults in Cruz’s personal life and school life. Read more