Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill Expert Articles Odors Associated with Oil Spills TASA ID: 897 The BP Oil Spill of 2010 has brought attention to the human senses, especially the sense of smell. Humans could easily smell the oil spill from shoreline locations, in an ocean breeze blowing toward the shore, well before the oil was on the beach or even within view of the shore. Read more
Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill Expert Articles Damage Claims and Cleanup Estimates for the BP Oil Spill of 2010 TASA ID: 897 Cost recovery for necessary assessment and cleanup costs from an oil spill which started hundreds of miles away on an offshore drilling platform is going to be a large issue for numerous Gulf Coast property owners. Legal action of any sort is a time-consuming affair. There are several types of damage caused by the BP Oil Spill of 2010. Read more
Category: Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Environment, Gulf Coast Oil Spill Expert Articles Lowcost Cleanup Methods for Coastal Sediments and Waterways Impacted by the BP Oil Spill of 2010 TASA ID: 897 Although most of the media is concerned about the obvious floating free product associated with the BP Oil Spill, it is the dissolved contamination that will remain for a long period of time and continue to volatilize, generating the crude oil odors, long after the free product has been mostly cleaned up from the surface of the air-sea interface. Read more
Category: Automotive/Trucking, Insurance Auto Dealer Insurance - Garage Policy: What’s Behind All the Auto Dealer Lawsuits and Claims? TASA ID: 3378 Auto dealers are often targets for lawsuits. Why? After a home purchase, your vehicle is likely the second highest purchase you will make . . . So, it's not difficult to understand why consumers become so passionate when something goes wrong...or appears to have gone wrong. Let's see why: Buyer's remorse . . . Damage claims . . . False Pretense . . . Lemom Law . . . Prior Damage Disclosure . . . " Read more
Category: Insurance Expert Witness Consulting in Insurance and Risk Management and Its Relationship to Research, Service, and Teaching TASA ID: 1747 Oftentimes, insurance and risk management (IRM) professors are asked to serve as either a consulting or testifying expert witness in insurance litigation. Since 1997, I have been retained in about forty cases, primarily by insurance carriers, policyholders, and insurance agents/brokers. Read more
