Category: Articles, Appraisals / Valuations, Business & Commerce, Real Estate, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts Dissecting a Commercial Appraisal Report TASA ID: 1813 There are two styles of written appraisal reports: narrative and form (U.R.A.R.). This article only deals with narrative reports. While your focus is on proving that a bad appraisal caused or impacted a damages claim - and not on violations of The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (U.S.P.A.P.), due to a recent major change - you need a brief understanding of U.S.P.A.P. prior to January 1, 2016, where there were three types of written appraisal reports and now there are only two. Read more
Category: Articles, Medical & Healthcare Mind Games: How the Neuropsychologist Expert Supports the Defense in TBI Claims Whitepaper TASA ID: 2434 Neuropsychologists can now demonstrate that the vast majority of individuals quickly recover from the effects of mild traumatic brain injury.This expert, Ph.D., ABPP, is a licensed and board-certified clinical psychologist and practicing neuropsychologist. For more than years he has worked as a psychologist in administration, education, research, and service delivery. He is licensed in California, Hawaii and Nevada and is presently the consulting neuropsychologist in Modesto, California. Read more
Category: Articles, Ethics ETHICS and CONSERVATISM TASA ID: 48 Conservatism is not a political issue—it’s more basic than that. The foundations for conservatism are history and original intent—a return to the essentials, ethics being the most basic. Anyone can do it. Read more
Category: Articles, Education, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, School Safety/Violence, Security LUCK IS NOT A SCHOOL SECURITY PROGRAM TASA ID: 915 Not a week goes by without yet another security breach report involving a K-12 school, the details surrounding such events as sexual assault, knife attacks, social media threats, guns carried onto school property or an actual shooting. These reports are from every part of the country. Read more
Category: Articles, Accident Analysis / Reconstruction, Auto Safety, Automotive/Trucking, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts Off-Road Vehicle Accidents TASA ID: Off-road vehicle use and available products for the consumers to use off-road has increased dramatically over the past several decades. With the increased use, the number of accidents resulting in serious injuries and death to the users have also increased in alarming numbers. Many of these accidents are not caused by the users of these vehicles, but instead, are caused by the defects that are inherent in some of these off-road vehicles. Read more