Tag Archive | "Engineering Expert"

Excessive Rain & Earth Dams Don’t Mix

September 20, 2010 No comments yet

An article from the Daily Republic in South Dakota talks about an earthen dam that recently failed there due to a 9-inch rainfall event on July 29th of this year. This rainfall event "overwhelmed its capacity" causing the failure of the earthen dam.  There was no report of injury downstream of the dam. This specific [...]

Judge’s Order Tossing Expert Witness Grabs Attention in Asbestos Case

August 12, 2010 2 comments

In the Law.com article "Order Tossing Expert Grabs Attention in Asbestos Case" it is reiterated that an expert witness must not "advocate" for a particular side but must be a "dispassionate scientist/witness."       "For the reasons stated in the defendant's brief, the court finds that Dr. Maddox easily qualifies as such a 'quintessential expert [...]