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: Food Safety and Production, Safety Public Safety Liability for Mobile Food Retailers and Quick Serve Restaurants TASA ID: 1926 "Food Trucks" have become popular retailers in the food service world, along with food carts and mobile food kiosks. But whether they are selling cupcakes, gourmet hot dogs, crepes, or tacos, they can present public safety liability issues that need to be addressed. Read more
Category: Food Safety and Production, Safety How Safe is Locally Grown Food? TASA ID: 1926 How safe is "locally grown" food? Who is responsible for the safety of locally grown food? What food safety guidelines or regulations are in place to guide food processors that sell food locally? Are local merchants or retail grocery chains liable for sourcing food that is locally grown by suppliers with inadequate systems? Those are the questions surrounding the phenomenon of "locally grown" food that litigators will seek answers to in a court of law. Read more
Category: Engineering, Product Liability, Safety Investigating Product Failure: Understanding the Development of a New Product TASA ID: 79 Unlike Athena, a new product does not spring, fully formed, from the brow of the Vice President of Marketing. Most likely it arrives prematurely and requires heroic efforts just to survive. Usually, but not always, its problems and weaknesses will have been resolved by the time it's released for sale: The operative phrase being "Usually, but not always." Read more
Category: Safety Soft Contained Play Equipment, The New Frontier for Playground Accidents! TASA ID: 658 Playground injuries have been cause for litigation for decades. Park playground equipment and elementary school playground equipment share the load for these injuries along with home playground equipment. In addition, soft contained play equipment is not new to the consumer. Read more
