Category: Construction, Engineering, Personal Injury, Property Damage, Safety Electrical Equipment Failures Cause and Liability TASA ID: 419 Many insurance claims and lawsuits are the result of electrical system failures. The basis for such actions is frequently personal injury and/or property damage that can be caused by fire or other degradation of related systems, vehicles or structures. It will be shown that electrical systems can have high inherent reliability to minimize end-product field service costs, safety hazards and, of course, liability. Failures of electrical systems are most frequently due to external factors such as poor design, improper use, faulty manufacturing, substandard service, mishandling and other causes. System malfunctions are rarely caused by random component failures and a properly executed failure analysis will almost always identify an entity liable for resultant damages. Read more
Category: Psychology/Psychiatry Sexual Abuse Evaluations in Young Children: Why It Takes an Expert to Determine If Children Are Telling the Truth or Fabricating Allegations of Sexual Abuse TASA ID: 1385 The frequency of false allegations of sexual abuse by children and adolescents is of signifcant legal and clinical importance. Many professionals in the field of child sexual abuse are more skeptical of child claims of sexual abuse than ever before. Research on false allegations and recantation of sexual abuse has produced signifcant evidence related to how and why children make false allegations. Read more
Category: Psychology/Psychiatry When Choosing a Forensic Psychiatric Expert . . . The difference between treating clinicians and forensic psychiatric experts TASA ID: 2437 Many psychiatrists who are neither forensically trained nor board certified in forensic psychiatry continue to offer themselves to attorneys as psychiatric "experts." Too oftenm such untrained "experts" do not have clear uynderstanding of the signifcant role disctinctions between functioning as treating clinicians and as independent forensic psychiatric experts. Read more
Category: Record Fraud Identifying Record Fraud TASA ID: 383 A considerable portion of the work of auditors, inspectors, investigators and consultants may require the review of records. Records provide the ability for individuals in those various disciplines to look at the basic functioning of a company. Through records review, one can also look at historical activities without the necessity of being present or on-site at any particular moment in time. The concerns with a specific activity are usually after the fact, and records provide the ability to look back. Read more
Category: Regulatory Issues Using the Federal Register to Understand Regulatory Issues TASA ID: 383 If you have ever worked a case that involved federal regulatory issues, this article is intended to make your life easier as you review and digest a typical federal regulation. Read more
