Category: Articles, Accident Analysis / Reconstruction, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Resources for Attorneys, Safety Sledding and Tubing Injuries Written by a parks and recreation expert TASA ID: 12 Gone are the days of actual winter months and fun winter activities we used to enjoy as children. We loved the thrill of the winter weather, but more often than not, did not take the time to concern ourselves with safety. Check out what TASA-referred park and recreation expert has to say about sledding and tubing injuries...There are many factors that can contribute to the frequency and severity of sledding injuries. Location, location, location matters in real estate sales as it does in picking a sledding hill. Public land, private land, or commercial establishments have different levels of care that must be provided to sledders. Read more
Category: Articles, Law Enforcement & Corrections, Personal Injury, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety Use of Force and Law Enforcement TASA ID: 4252 Law enforcement personnel are often faced with difficult decisions, perhaps, none more difficult than using force. The primary objective for law enforcement when engaged in a use-of-force incident is to restrain and control while utilizing an “objectively reasonable” amount of force. The often asked, debated, and second-guessed law enforcement question is how much force is necessary, required, or acceptable? The following terms require discussion:Excessive use of force: This term can be described as using more force than a reasonable person would deem reasonable and necessary.Unnecessary or unreasonable amount of force: This term refers to law enforcement personnel who utilize force where a reasonably prudent and well trained police officer would not. If law enforcement personnel are accused of utilizing too much force, accountability for the incident(s) will include, but not be limited to, possible discipline for violating department policy and standards, agency rules and regulations violations, internal investigation complaints, possible criminal charges, and civil lawsuits. Read more
Category: Articles, Personal Injury, Psychology/Psychiatry, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts How to Use Neuropsychological Measurements to Enhance Your Presentation TASA ID: 8341 One of the most overlooked aspects of litigation is the power of measurements---numbers, math, statistics and “proof” of pain and agony in cases involving personal injury. Some of the brain injured claimants may provide 20 subjective complaints and most contain memory difficulties, especially recent or immediate memory difficulties. Remembering three items on a shopping list or pain intrusion can be part of the current complaints. Read more
Category: Articles, Auto Safety, Personal Injury, Resources for Attorneys, Safety Trail to Trial Personal Injuries and Cycling TASA ID: 1199 CNN Money[1] recently announced, "For entrepreneurs, cycling is the new golf." In fact, Google that thought and you will see quite a few references. The popularity of bicycles has expanded faster than any other participant sport in America. Recent sales figures indicate a 33.2% increase in volume from only a few years ago. To put that in perspective, there are far more cyclists in America than golfers, tennis players and skiers combined. The participation profile indicates many more adults, from their mid-20s through their mid-60s are now riding and even racing bikes. While a lot of us are enjoying our bicycles, we cannot forget the ever present risks. Many of the new crop of mature freedom-loving riders are more secure financially, so those risks are worth calculating. Read more
Category: Medical & Healthcare, Personal Injury Medical Spas Acting Beyond Their Expertise: Adverse Complications Resulting in Potential Litigation TASA ID: 3797 The very term "medi-spa" or "medical spa" raises a conundrum which the industry does not want to address. Is this a medical facility which, therefore, should meet the standard of care expected of physicians? Is this a spa facility which conjures expectations of a pampered experience consisting of massage, nourishment, meditation and the like? Or is this a combination of the two? Read more
