Category: Construction, Property Damage Stone and Tile Floor Damaged from Floods? Replace or Repair? TASA ID: 1123 Attorneys and insurance adjusters have difficulty in cases where flooding occurs due to the fact that it is difficult to determine if a floor needs to be replaced or if it can be repaired. To determine the extent of damage and to ultimately settle on a value for the claim, a thorough understanding of what can cause these damages is necessary. Read more
Category: Construction, Engineering, Personal Injury, Property Damage, Safety Electrical Equipment Failures Cause and Liability TASA ID: 419 Many insurance claims and lawsuits are the result of electrical system failures. The basis for such actions is frequently personal injury and/or property damage that can be caused by fire or other degradation of related systems, vehicles or structures. It will be shown that electrical systems can have high inherent reliability to minimize end-product field service costs, safety hazards and, of course, liability. Failures of electrical systems are most frequently due to external factors such as poor design, improper use, faulty manufacturing, substandard service, mishandling and other causes. System malfunctions are rarely caused by random component failures and a properly executed failure analysis will almost always identify an entity liable for resultant damages. Read more
Category: Psychology/Psychiatry Sexual Abuse Evaluations in Young Children: Why It Takes an Expert to Determine If Children Are Telling the Truth or Fabricating Allegations of Sexual Abuse TASA ID: 1385 The frequency of false allegations of sexual abuse by children and adolescents is of signifcant legal and clinical importance. Many professionals in the field of child sexual abuse are more skeptical of child claims of sexual abuse than ever before. Research on false allegations and recantation of sexual abuse has produced signifcant evidence related to how and why children make false allegations. Read more
Category: Psychology/Psychiatry When Choosing a Forensic Psychiatric Expert . . . The difference between treating clinicians and forensic psychiatric experts TASA ID: 2437 Many psychiatrists who are neither forensically trained nor board certified in forensic psychiatry continue to offer themselves to attorneys as psychiatric "experts." Too oftenm such untrained "experts" do not have clear uynderstanding of the signifcant role disctinctions between functioning as treating clinicians and as independent forensic psychiatric experts. Read more
Category: Record Fraud Identifying Record Fraud TASA ID: 383 A considerable portion of the work of auditors, inspectors, investigators and consultants may require the review of records. Records provide the ability for individuals in those various disciplines to look at the basic functioning of a company. Through records review, one can also look at historical activities without the necessity of being present or on-site at any particular moment in time. The concerns with a specific activity are usually after the fact, and records provide the ability to look back. Read more
