Category: Medical & Healthcare, Resources for Experts Tips for the Expert Witness TASA ID: 1128 I have been asked many questions and in different variations during depositions and on trials, so I thought it would be a good idea to share, just in case and expert witness does not know what to expect. Read more
Category: Medical & Healthcare, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts Expert Criteria TASA ID: 1128 During my depositions and testimony as an expert witness in podiatric malpractice since 1993, I have been asked the following questions that I thought may be of interest to the new attorney developing questions for an expert. Read more
Category: Education, Resources for Experts Once Upon A Time: Anecdote of an Educational Expert TASA ID: 408 Let me tell you a story about the first case on which I worked…a long time ago and even before I became familiar with TASA. The story will, perhaps, be useful to client attorneys and experts alike. Many years ago, while operating the company which I founded (sort of a head hunter for educators) I had served as president of the National Association of Teachers Agencies (now defunct). Shortly after my tenure in that position, I received a phone call from an attorney in Kansas City, MO. I’m in New York. Read more
Category: Articles, Automotive/Trucking, Business & Commerce, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Transportation MAP 21: The New Transportation Law Providing Penalties for Illegal Brokering TASA ID: 2109 Here, it comes to pass that MAP 21 requires the complete and utter legal separation of the businesses trucking from brokering according to the FMCSA (49 USC 13902 [6]). Motor carriers can no longer broker as they always operated when accepting more freight than equipment to handle. Motor carriers simply “brokered” the overload to other motor carriers without a license. Read more
Category: Automotive/Trucking, Construction, Engineering, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Resources for Experts, Safety, Transportation Preservation of Weld Fractures for Evidence Evaluation TASA ID: 1850 Sometimes when a weld fractures, it may result in personal injury, property damage or even a fatality. If litigation is the result of a weld fracture, it is important to retain and preserve the weld and the fractured weld surfaces for evaluation by the experts. Read more
